William Patrick has published a collection of poetry, Letter to the Ghosts, and a novel in poetry and prose, Roxa, which won the 1990 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for the best first work of fiction. He has also written an original teleplay, "Rachel's Dinner", which aired in 1991, and starred Olympia Dukakis and Peter Gerety. Mr. Patrick's most recent screenplay, "Brand New Me", has been optioned by Force Ten Productions in Hollywood, and he is the author of Who All Killed Cock Robin?, the play which was adapted from The Death of Cock Robin by W.D. Snodgrass and DeLoss McGraw, and whose premiere opens this year's Literary Arts Festival. He is the Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University, and Director of this year's Literary Arts Festival. [extracted from 1992 brochure]