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ABOUT THE AUTHORSEAN PATRICK DOLANSean Patrick Dolan is a retired educator who has transitioned to a career as a writer. Since 2000, he has written professionally for the education community. He has worked on textbook teams at the Oxford University Press and has been both writer and editor for CBC News in Review. He has written two novels: My Father's Secret (2021) and The Prophet of Frogs Hollow (2025). Sean lives in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada, with his wife, Sharon Goodland, and their dog, Mulligan. They have two adult sons.
MY FATHER'S SECRET Sean Patrick Dolan woke up on June 23, 1985, anticipating a great day because it was his twenty-first birthday. Instead, he heard the news of a horrific plane bombing, the deadliest act of aviation terrorism prior to the 9/11 attacks and the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. In the days following, he was puzzled by Canada’s mild response to this homegrown terrorist act and he felt, throughout the investigation, the trial, and the eventual public inquiry, that this incident exemplified a collective Canadian failure to face the unpleasant truths about their society. He felt compelled to write about this tragedy for years. MY FATHER'S SECRET is his re-imagining of the 1985 Air India bombing. THE PROPHET OF FROGS HOLLOW In his second novel, Sean Patrick Dolan chose to examine the emergence of cults in the lives of some people. What he discovered surprised him. Cults often recruit intelligent and discerning individuals who are guilty of one thing: a desire to find meaning in their lives. While many people don't find themselves pulled into a cult, some do, and they becomes victims of what essentially amounts to a long con. Set in the Georgian Triangle, THE PROPHET OF FROGS HOLLOW features the return of Declan Keenan and Karuna Patel to a work of fiction that sees them try to rescue two of their friends from Quantum Awareness, a nefarious group operating out of a compound located at the base of Frogs Hollow Side Road. The novel takes twists and turns in a gripping narrative that readers are embracing. |