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Line 1: {{Short description\|British novelist}} ~~{{Multiple issues\|~~ ~~{{autobiography\|date=January 2016}}~~ ~~{{more footnotes\|date=January 2016}}~~ ~~{{BLP sources \|date=August 2011}}~~ }} {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2020}} '''Patrick Evelyn Hugh Sadler Gale''' (born 31 January 1962) is a British novelist. '''Patrick Evelyn Hugh Sadler Gale''' (born 31 January 1962)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://galewarning.org/about-patrick/\|title=About Patrick\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="gr">{{cite web\|url=http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=birthsutf002c+marriages+utf0026+deaths&collection=births+utf0026+baptisms&datasetname=england+utf0026+wales+births+1837-2006&firstname=patrick&firstname_variants=true&lastname=gale&birthyear=1962&birthyear_offset=0&region=great+britain\|title=Patrick Gale - England & Wales Births 1837-2006 [1] - Genes Reunited\|first=Genes\|last=Reunited\|website=genesreunited.co.uk\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref> is a British novelist.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n86-19282\|title=Gale, Patrick 1962- [WorldCat.org]\|website=worldcat.org\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref> ~~[[File:20140620-X81B6638.jpg\|thumbnail]]~~ ==Early life and education== Gale was born in 1962 on the [[Isle of Wight]], the youngest of four children.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://galewarning.org/about-patrick/\|title=About Patrick\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="gr">{{cite web\|url=http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=birthsutf002c+marriages+utf0026+deaths&collection=births+utf0026+baptisms&datasetname=england+utf0026+wales+births+1837-2006&firstname=patrick&firstname_variants=true&lastname=gale&birthyear=1962&birthyear_offset=0&region=great+britain\|title=Patrick Gale - England & Wales Births 1837-2006 [1] - Genes Reunited\|first=Genes\|last=Reunited\|website=genesreunited.co.uk\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref><ref>Chris Beck, "Work in Progress", ''Weekend Australian'', 11–12 November 2000, Review, p. 8</ref> His father was the [[prison governor]] of [[HM Prison Camp Hill]] on the Isle of Wight, and he was brought up in and around prisons. In 1969 the family moved to [[Winchester]], Hampshire and his father became Under-Secretary of State for Prisons.<ref name=karp>Paul Veitch, Peter Karp, "Exploring love and marriage", ''Sunday Canberra Times'', 6 September 1998, p. 18</ref> In his 2000 novel ''Rough Music'', the lead character is the son of a prison governor. In Winchester he was invited to join the Quiristers in the [[Winchester College Chapel Choir]].<ref name=karp/> Before he turned ten, one of his siblings suffered a nervous breakdown and his mother almost died in a car accident that left her brain-damaged.<ref name=karp/> He was then educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[New College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/16/patrick-gale-institutional-life \|title=Patrick Gale: a life more orderly \|last=Gale \|first=Patrick \|author-link=Patrick Gale \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=16 April 2012\| accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref> ==Career== His first two novels, ''The Aerodynamics of Pork'', and ''Ease'', were published on the same day in 1985.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n86-19282\|title=Gale, Patrick 1962- [WorldCat.org]\|website=worldcat.org\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref><ref name=karp/> In 2017 he made his screenwriting debut with ''[[Man in an Orange Shirt]]'', a two part original drama which formed part of the BBC's Gay Britannia season.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Nicholson \|first=Rebecca \|date=2017-08-01 \|title=Man in an Orange Shirt review – a heartbreaking tale of happiness denied \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/01/man-in-an-orange-shirt-review-heartbreaking-happiness-denied \|access-date=2024-02-16 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The show won the 2018 International Emmy for Best Miniseries.<ref>{{Citation \|title=Man in an Orange Shirt (TV Mini Series 2017) - Awards - IMDb \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6255500/awards/ \|access-date=2024-02-16 \|language=en-US}}</ref> His 2000 novel ''Rough Music'' is the most widely held of his books in libraries: in 2018 it was owned by 673 libraries, according to WorldCat.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Patrick+Gale&dblist=638&fq=(((x0:book-)OR(x0:book+x4:digital)OR(x0:book+x4:mic)OR(x0:book+x4:thsis)OR(x0:book+x4:largeprint)))+%3E+ap:%22gale,+patrick%22&qt=facet_ap:\|title=Results for 'Patrick Gale' > 'Patrick Gale' [WorldCat.org]\|website=worldcat.org\|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref> Describing himself as the "last novelist in England", he has lived in Cornwall since 1988, a county described repeatedly in his novels.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cornwall novelist Patrick Gale - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/09/04/3582847.htm \|access-date=2024-02-16 \|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> He is artistic director of the North Cornwall Book Festival, which he helped found.<ref>[{{Cite news \|last=Gale \|first=Patrick \|date=2016-10-20 \|title=Patrick Gale: why I started a new literature festival for shy writers \|url=https://www.~~ncornbookfest~~theguardian.~~org~~com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/20/patrick-gale-why-started-north-cornwall-book-festival ~~North~~\|access-date=2024-02-16 ~~Cornwall~~\|work=The ~~Book~~Guardian ~~Festival]~~\|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is a patron of the Charles Causley Trust,<ref>[{{Cite web \|date=2021-11-26 \|title=The Launch of Mother's Boy: the new novel by Sunday Times bestselling novelist and Charles Causley Patron, Patrick Gale. \|url=https://causleytrust.org/the-launch-of-mothers-boy-the-new-novel-by-british-novelist-and-charles-causley-patron-patrick-gale/ \|access-date=2024-02-16 \|website=The Charles Causley Trust] \|language=en-GB}}</ref> the Penzance LitFest,<ref>[{{Cite web \|title=Our patron – Patrick Gale \|url=https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk/our-patron-patrick-gale ~~Penzance~~\|access-date=2024-02-16 ~~LitFest]~~\|website=www.pzlitfest.co.uk \|language=en}}</ref> and Literature Works.<ref>[{{Cite web \|title=Gale \|url=https://literatureworks.org.uk/writer/gale/ \|access-date=2024-02-16 \|website=Literature Works] \|language=en-GB}}</ref> ==Personal life== Gale lives on a farm near Land's End, with his husband, the sculptor-farmer Aidan Hicks. There they raise beef cattle and grow barley.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://galewarning.org/about-patrick \| title=Patrick Gale » About Patrick }}</ref> He is a keen gardener and in April 2024 his garden at [[Land's End]] was featured on BBC's ''[[Gardeners' World]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001y5pf/gardeners-world-2024-episode-5\|title=Gardeners' World - 2024: Episode 5\|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ==Novels and short stories== {{unref-section\|date=April 2024}} {{div col}} ''The Aerodynamics of Pork'' (1985) ''Ease'' (1985) Line 41: ''Take Nothing With You'' (2018) ''Mother’s Boy'' (2022) {{div col end}} ==References== Line 69 ⟶ 70: [[Category:20th-century English male writers]] [[Category:21st-century English male writers]] [[Category:International Emmy Award-winning screenwriters]]