Meet the Authors: Dave Patterson

Set over the course of one propulsive summer, Soon the Light Will Be Perfect chronicles the journey of two brothers on the cusp of adulthood, a town battered by poverty, and a family at a breaking point. In spare, fiercely honest prose, author Dave Patterson captures what it feels like to be gloriously, violently alive at a moment of political, social, and familial instability. The New York Post called the book "a stunning debut," and the New York Public Library declared it "devastating, beautiful, worth it." Dave's work has appeared in Slice Magazine, Salon, Hot Metal Bridge, and Blinders Literary Journal among others. He is a contributing writer to Maine Magazine and was a finalist for a 2019 Maine Literary Award. Patterson teaches high school English in Maine and at Southern New Hampshire University’s Online MFA program in Creative Writing. Meet Dave and dozens of Maine authors Books in Boothbay on September 11, 2021. On-site book sales benefit the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and the Boothbay Harbor Railway Village. Be sure to get your books signed by your favorite authors! See you there!