Patrick Cave
Patrick Cave (born October 1965) is a British novelist and hypnotherapist. Biography 

Patrick Cave was born in Bath, England. He attended boarding school for seven years, during which he developed a love of music and of cross-country running. After obtaining his degree and a teaching certificate, he taught for ten years. He then travelled around Europe and began writing books to support himself while in France. Cave has always loved children's fiction, stating 'who could possibly understand the world better than children?' He believes that his readers bring their own meaning to his books and with all the ingredients of excitement, suspense, catharsis, and escapism present in the story, there is no one "message". One of his favorite writers is K.M. Peyton. Publications 
 Number 99
 Last Chance
 Sharp North
 Blown Away
 The Selected
 Your Life does not Exist
Dying of Exposure (with Sophia Sheney)

Reception of works
Cave's works have received favourable reviews. Blown Away was shortlisted in The Guardian's 2006 children's fiction prize, where it was described as 'a thought-provoking novel about how individuals and societies survive when science creates new possibilities that threaten them'. Hynotherapy
Cave has trained as a hynotherapist and works in Bath and London. He is also a member of the Association of NLP Professionals. Personal life
Cave has three children. He is a Taoist. See also

External Links
Official website

References 

1965 births
Living people
21st-century English writers
English children's writers
English male writers