Born in London, Patrick graduated with a first class honours degree in Italian and Classical Civilisation from Trinity College Dublin. He started his career in sports journalism writing for The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times and La Gazzetta dello Sport and has since worked across film, radio and television, producing documentaries featuring the likes of Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and President Bill Clinton and co-writing the film ‘The United Way’ with Eric Cantona. He began writing instalments of ‘The Epic Adventures of Wally The Walrus’ to help encourage his daughter with her bedtime reading and introduce her to the stories of ancient Greek literature.