ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BACKGROUND
Patrick
“Packy” Mader grew up with six brothers and sisters on a dairy farm
near St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. He attended college in Bismarck,
North Dakota and later graduated with a degree in elementary
education from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin.
Following graduation, Packy worked in both the education and business fields. He spent summers in Minnesota working on area farms, as a materials handler for Tonka Toys, and teaching at a Carver County school for mentally challenged adults.
He is currently a teacher at Morristown Elementary in south central Minnesota, and resides in Northfield, Minnesota, with his wife, Karen, and two children, Karl and Ellen.
WRITINGS
Packy previously contributed to Waconia, Paradise of the Northwest, a local history book on the lake and its island in Waconia, Minnesota, a town where he once taught. He also researched and published a family genealogy and has had guest column articles printed in newspapers and newsletters.
Relating positive messages with a rural setting is Packy's primary aim in his multigenerational books. Opa & Oma Together was published in October 2005 and reprinted in 2006. It received one of only seven Honorable Mention Awards in the Children's Picture Books category of the Writer's Digest's Self-Published Book Awards. Launched in May 2007, Oma Finds a Miracle is Packy's second published book and has already been ordered by dozens of libraries.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Packy and Karen enjoy outdoor family activities, reading, and traveling. Karl and Ellen run cross country, play tennis, and appreciate their grandparents. They enjoy spending time with their many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Opa and Oma gave their seven children the gifts of roots and wings. Packy and Karen hope that they may pass these same wonderful gifts to Karl and Ellen. And they hope you, too, may pass on your own wonderful gifts.
EMAIL THE AUTHOR:
Packy@patrickmader.com
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