Born in Cape Town and educated at Selborne College in East London (The South African one, not the other place in the UK), Patrick is a published technical author and a now retired Fire Fighter and lecturer after thirty-six years of soot, heat, blood, sweat and laughter. He has spent the last twenty-three years in England and now lives in Germany. He is a Licensed Minister in the Church of England, has three adult children of whom he is enormously proud, and has created this series of books in pursuit of his own dreams of spacefaring and adventure.
His recent interview on The Book Channel can be accessed at www.thebookchannel.tv/patrick-cox.html
His titles include -
Text Books
Marine Fire Studies - published 1997 by the Institution of Fire Engineers
A Guide to Fire Investigation - published October 2011 by the Institution of Fire Engineers
Science Fiction Adventure (The Harry Heron Series)
Their Lordships Request - Published 2010 - AuthorHouse
Out of Time - Published 2006 (Republished 2011) - AuthorHouse
The Enemy is Within - Published 2010 - Xlibris
On The Run - Published, November 2011 - Abbott Press
In the pipeline -
The Outer Edge - the next chapter in the Harry Heron story ...
Historical Fiction
Ego Sum, a sinner and most unlearned ... (The story of St Patrick, told by the Saint) and circulating looking for a publisher ...
A Baltic Affair - Published December 2012 by IndieGo Publishing
Technical Articles and Papers
He is regularly published in technical journals, including Fire Risk Management, Industrial Fire Journal, Fire and Rescue Journal and in Conference Proceedings on Fire Safety matters and Fire and Explosion Investigation.