Patrick Finster

I was born in 1981 and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. I earned a BA in History and Political Science from Indiana University in 2004. After college I served for five years as an infantry officer in the US Army, which included tours in South Korea and Iraq. After leaving the Army, I completed a master’s program at Newcastle University in England, graduating with an MA in International Politics. I then taught English for two years at a private language school in Saint Petersburg, Russia, an experience which inspired me to write this book. Since 2012, I have been living in Charleston, South Carolina working in logistics. The Bridge of Summer and Winter is my first novel.