{"id":143,"date":"2025-09-08T23:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:43:26","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"143\" class=\"elementor elementor-143\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62d91c0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62d91c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47156de\" data-id=\"47156de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5aedd92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5aedd92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-247d756\" data-id=\"247d756\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0c443 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a0c443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008711.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-33\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008711.png 20w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008711-13x300.png 13w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 20px) 100vw, 20px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d3ac95\" data-id=\"2d3ac95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232507c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"232507c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-507601d\" data-id=\"507601d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0cd114 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0cd114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"29\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Larry-Patzer.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-27\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e94f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"42e94f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#about-down\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">scroll down for more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4af51a animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4af51a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56b93bc\" data-id=\"56b93bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-35bf4e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35bf4e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"about-down\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba8ebe9\" data-id=\"ba8ebe9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d784a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d784a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d20a2a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d20a2a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Larry Patzer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bbfb92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bbfb92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I write thrillers built on real people\u2019s lived situations and human stakes. After retiring as an Air Force officer, I spent nineteen years as an aerospace systems engineer designing large-scale intelligence systems where failure wasn\u2019t an option\u2014a discipline that shows up on every page: tight plots, clean lines, credible tradecraft.<\/p><p>I\u2019m a nationally certified Spiritual Director and a graduate of Clinical Pastoral Education, and I served as an on-call trauma chaplain. Sitting with families in their hardest moments taught me how choices echo; that\u2019s why my characters don\u2019t just fight\u2014they face the consequences. For me, a story should help us live better, not just turn pages. I also bring nine years of personal Alzheimer\u2019s caregiving.<\/p><p>My background shaped how I build novels. I stress-test plots the way I once stress-tested systems\u2014looking for points of failure before they fail\u2014so momentum stays clean and earned. Technical detail only stays if it serves the scene; the rest gets out of the way.<\/p><p>The work I did at the bedside still guides my pages. I try to write with presence first\u2014listening, noticing what a moment costs, and letting the aftermath matter. Characters don\u2019t get free passes; they live with what they do, and I keep the camera on long enough to see the ripples.<\/p><p>Out of my caregiving years came a set of plain-spoken essays, practical first, pretty second, that counselors and families share because they\u2019re useful. They remind me that craft is a means, not an end: the point is to say something that helps.<\/p><p>If you\u2019re new to my books, expect field-credible action, choices that carry weight, and an undercurrent of conscience and compassion woven into the pace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e780fc\" data-id=\"3e780fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c39f947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c39f947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-31\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841.png 725w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-600x596.png 600w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17ce3ed elementor-reverse-laptop elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17ce3ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cdb2881\" data-id=\"cdb2881\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c356843 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c356843\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-be6c096\" data-id=\"be6c096\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2e4575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2e4575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2fed79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2fed79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Larry Patzer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a98c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a98c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Larry Patzer writes action-driven thrillers with a conscience. After retiring as an Air Force officer, he spent <strong>eighteen years<\/strong> as an aerospace systems engineer designing large scale intelligence processing systems\u2014missions where precision mattered and failure wasn\u2019t an option. That discipline shows up on every page: tight plots, clean lines, credible tradecraft.<\/p><p>But Larry\u2019s stories don\u2019t stop at the action. He is a <strong>nationally certified Spiritual Director<\/strong> and a graduate of <strong>Clinical Pastoral Education<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>having served for <strong>more than five years<\/strong> as a volunteer on-call trauma chaplain. He\u2019s sat with families in their hardest hours and understands how choices echo. That lived experience gives his work moral gravity and quiet compassion\u2014characters don\u2019t just fight; they face what it costs.<\/p><p>Larry also brings <strong>nine years of Alzheimer\u2019s caregiving<\/strong> perspective, distilled into practical, plain-spoken essays freely shared by counselors and families. Those essays reflect a core belief that runs through his fiction and nonfiction alike: story should help us live better, not just turn pages.<\/p><p>He holds a <strong>BS in Meteorology<\/strong> and an <strong>MS in Information Management<\/strong>. In retirement, when he\u2019s not writing, you\u2019ll often find him in the shop doing custom woodworking\u2014measuring twice, cutting once, and carrying the same artisan mindset into his novels.<\/p><p>Larry lives with his wife, <strong>Carol<\/strong>, in <strong>Monument, Colorado<\/strong>. She\u2019s his first reader and fiercest advocate, ensuring that the series\u2019 moral stakes and female perspectives ring true.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-76fe0b9\" data-id=\"76fe0b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d111dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d111dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-31\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841.png 725w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-600x596.png 600w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/lpatzar.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Group-1000008841-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-17c9176 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17c9176\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45eaa50\" data-id=\"45eaa50\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a74485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a74485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Larry Writes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd56050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd56050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thrillers built on competence and consequence\u2014field-credible action, ethical tension, and characters who earn every step forward. If you\u2019re a reader who wants momentum with meaning, you\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Author scroll down for more About the Author Larry Patzer I write thrillers built on real people\u2019s lived situations and human stakes. 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