Patrick Freivald

Patrick Freivald (born October 5, 1976, in Omaha, Nebraska) is a long-time science teacher and author of nine novels and dozens of short stories spanning science fiction, horror, thrillers, fantasy, young adult, and mid-grade fiction.

Awards In 2015, the Horror Writers Association awarded him the Richard Laymon President's Award. His novels Black Tide and Jade Sky were finalists for the Bram Stoker Award for Novel (in 2015 and 2014, respectively). "A story based on Jade Sky was ported into graphic format with Joe McKinney and published as a 4-part series in Dark Discoveries magazine (2014-2015). He co-wrote the novel Blood List (Journalstone, 2013) with his twin brother Philip Freivald.

Collection of short fiction In the Garden of Rusting Gods: A Collection, published 2019, Barking Deer Press

Short fiction

Snapshot (in Blood and Roses, Scarlett River Press, 2013) and as an audiobook (in Tales to Terrify, No. 120, District of Wonders, 2014) He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers association. He was an instructor at the StokerCon Horror University, 2016-2019. He is President Emeritus of the Ontario Finger Lakes Beekeepers Association. He teaches high school classes in Physics, Robotics, and American Sign Language; and he taught Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology and ASL at Genesee Community College. He has served as a coach to the FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1551, The Grapes of Wrath, since 2005.

Charlie Kirk comments Freivald was placed on leave at his function as a teacher at Naples Central School District in Upstate New York following community controversy stemming from comments he made on social media following the death of Charlie Kirk. He later resigned the position.