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''The Big Drift,'' 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patrickdearen.com/authorbio.html|title=Patrick Dearen|publisher=patrickdearen.com|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
''The Big Drift,'' 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patrickdearen.com/authorbio.html|title=Patrick Dearen|publisher=patrickdearen.com|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
Dearen was named the runner-up in 2013 for the [[Will Rogers]] Medallion from the Academy of Western Artists for his novel ''To Hell or the Pecos''. He has also been honored for his work by the Western Writers of America, the [[San Antonio]] Conservation Society, and the Permian Historical Association. Dearen enjoys backpacking and playing ragtime on the piano. He is the father of son, Wesley Joseph Dearen (born 1990), the first reader of his father's books.<ref name=pdearen/>
Dearen was named the runner-up in 2013 for the [[Will Rogers]] Medallion from the [[Academy of Western Artists]] for his novel ''To Hell or the Pecos''. He has also been honored for his work by the Western Writers of America, the [[San Antonio]] Conservation Society, and the Permian Historical Association. Dearen enjoys backpacking and playing ragtime on the piano. He is the father of son, Wesley Joseph Dearen (born 1990), the first reader of his father's books.<ref name=pdearen/>
In 2015, another Dearen novel, ''The Big Drift'' (2014), won the Elmer Kelton Fiction Book of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://jellybooks.com/books/patrick-dearen/the-big-drift/jb8wn4swygq|title=The Big Drift|publisher=[[Texas Christian University]] Press|location=Fort Worth, Texas|date=2014|pages=192|isbn=9780875655703|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> He received his award on March 28 at ceremonies in Irving, Texas. ''The Big Drift'' also won the Spur Award in 2015.<ref name=pdearen/>
In 2015, another Dearen novel, ''The Big Drift'' (2014), won the Elmer Kelton Fiction Book of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://jellybooks.com/books/patrick-dearen/the-big-drift/jb8wn4swygq|title=The Big Drift|publisher=[[Texas Christian University]] Press|location=Fort Worth, Texas|date=2014|pages=192|isbn=9780875655703|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> He received his award on March 28 at ceremonies in Irving, Texas. ''The Big Drift'' also won the Spur Award in 2015.<ref name=pdearen/>