Patrick Foley / Children’s Author

Patrick Foley is a native Seattleite born and raised in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

He spent much of his youth participating in competitive sports from league football, baseball and track. He coached youth league baseball and basketball teams when his children were young. And to this day remains active. He participated in community events for 13 years as a Seattle Seafair Clown

A graduate of Nathan Hale High School in 1970, Foley went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Seattle University in History in 1976.

Patrick has always felt being of service to others as a calling. He worked in the Public sector for many years specializing in Employment and Training of Disabled and Injured Workers and the American’s With Disability Act

He moved from the public sector to the private sector to work for several years as a Human Resources Generalist and now presently as an HVAC Building Engineer for the past 12 years.

Foley has always liked to write as a kid.

He is the father of three children, two sons and a daughter, and five grandchildren. When his children were young Pat and his wife belonged to children’s book clubs and built an enormous library. Reading to them was a constant activity.

Foley began thinking of writing children’s books. After his 3-year-old granddaughter helped with a minor sink plumbing project. He wrote his first book Tillie and P-Trap the Plumber based on the experience and published it through Createspace.

In 2022 Patrick and his co-author Ruth Hargiss published a new storybook The Moon is Following Us. Based on their common childhood experiences riding in the car at night watching and playing with the Moon from the backseat of the family car.