Patrick Crowell:  

Life This is my bio from my bookwriting endeavors: There is no doubt that author Patrick Crowell has much in common with the fictional heroine of his three novels, Adel Blair. Both are aggressive trial lawyers, national rowing champions and skillful surfers. They share the same alma maters: Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, for undergraduate study, and the University of Florida in Gainesville, for law school. As a California native, Patrick got his feet wet as a surfer in the Pacific Ocean. However, that was short lived because he soon moved to Florida, following his family to Orlando after his father, a Disney executive, was summoned to oversee expanding operations at Walt Disney World. Since changing coasts, Patrick surfs the Atlantic Ocean whenever possible – especially when hurricane season hits. Once a year he makes a sojourn to Costa Rica with surfing buddies in search of the perfect wave. His passion for rowing was sparked when he was an undergraduate at Rollins pursuing a degree in philosophy. Since then he never stopped rowing. In 1991, Patrick became a world champion double sculler in the world of Master’s competition, and rowed in an eight-man crew of local Orlando rowers who beat the 1980 Olympic gold medallist eight from Russia. In 1992, he won his first singles national cham...Expand for more