Patrick's latest book is a Christmas short story narrated by the family bulldog who gets caught up in the dysfunction of the holiday season. In the summer of 2012 he released "The Firestorm Election", a short novel to coincide with the 2012 presidential campaign. His other work includes a four-part series, "They Were Giants", to commemorate the unheralded accomplishments of people around the globe who did not seek the limelight, but made the world a better place. He also served as editor for his father's World War II diary,"My Life as a Sailor", which details his service in the Navy while at the scene of the D-Day invasion and other key events during the war.