Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale. Writer: The Housekeeper. Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight where his father was governor of Camp Hill Prison. The youngest of four children, the family later moved to London, where his father ran Wandsworth Prison, then to Winchester. He gained an English degree from New College, Oxford in 1983. His published fiction includes: The Aerodynamics of Pork (1985), Ease (1985), Kansas in August (1987), Facing the...