Patrick S. Lafferty

For a quarter century, Patrick S. Lafferty was the creative director and senior copywriter for a small marketing communications firm just outside of Milwaukee, Wis. For twenty years he created persuasive ad copy and informative brochure copy, wrote trade publication feature articles and press releases, and otherwise developed myriad other marketing materials. And for twenty years he took up creative writing as a hobby, typically mainstream fiction with a genre-bending twist.

After 25 years in the advertising industry, Patrick S. Lafferty is embarking upon a whole new career. He took his love for craft beer, developed a business plan, secured financing and is now the proud proprietor of a craft beer store in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He still dabbles as a copywriter on a freelance basis but spends what little free time he has writing short stories, screenplays and novels.

Outside of work, Patrick is the founding member of the Tosa Writer's Group and a long-time member of the Milwaukee Writer's Workshop (MWW) where, as the organization's Novel Group coordinator, he moderated critique sessions for more than 20 novels submitted by members, including three of his own novels. He's delivered his You've Written a Novel. Now What?, Demystifying Royalties and Creative: The Noun, Not the Adjective presentations to audiences at UW-Milwaukee's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and WriteCamp Milwaukee.

He, his beautiful, supportive wife, and his two exhausting boys graciously share their home in the Milwaukee suburbs with their oddball dog, Macie. For more, go to www.patrickslaffery.com.