Dr. Gerald Patnode, Ed.D., has led a life that provides a rich, fertile background for his storytelling. If you knew the full story, you might wonder: How in Hell did he end up here?
Gerry is a retired Professor Emeritus at York College of PA. He’s been a lunch-counter short-order cook, a cop, and a serial entrepreneur, professor, and Dean. And now a bestselling author.
His writing career began in the early 1970's as a freelance journalist, writing for a variety of business magazines and newspapers in Baltimore, and later a weekly column for the Baltimore Business Journal. He also produced and hosted a weekly public affairs television program in Baltimore and was a regular on-air political commentator on the NBC-TV affiliate WBAL. As a university professor, he wrote chapters in academic texts, two non-fiction books on political process and power, and published peer-reviewed papers in Academic Journals. His fiction includes a short story adapted into a screenplay and his first novel, The Stirling Defense, launched on September 1st, 2026.