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Dearen graduated in 1969 from Sterling City High School, at which one of his teachers had encouraged him in January 1966, while in his freshman year, to consider a career in writing. In 1974, he earned a bachelor's degree in [[journalism]] from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His mother, Thyra, died that same year at the age of fifty-six. At her encouragement, young Dearen read [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' ''Tarzan of the Apes'' that also played a role in his interest in becoming a writer. He won nine national and state awards as a reporter for two daily newspapers, ''The San Angelo Standard-Times'' and the ''Midland Reporter-Telegram,'' of which his wife, Mary Gilda Dearen (born 1955), is the managing editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mrt.com/author/mary-dearen/|title=Mary Dearen|publisher=mrt.com|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
Dearen graduated in 1969 from Sterling City High School, at which one of his teachers had encouraged him in January 1966, while in his freshman year, to consider a career in writing. In 1974, he earned a bachelor's degree in [[journalism]] from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His mother, Thyra, died that same year at the age of fifty-six. At her encouragement, young Dearen read [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' ''Tarzan of the Apes'' that also played a role in his interest in becoming a writer. He won nine national and state awards as a reporter for two daily newspapers, ''The San Angelo Standard-Times'' and the ''Midland Reporter-Telegram,'' of which his wife, Mary Gilda Dearen (born 1955), is the managing editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mrt.com/author/mary-dearen/|title=Mary Dearen|publisher=mrt.com|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
<ref name=pdearen>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/552975.Patrick_Dearen|title=Patrick Dearen|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=April 12, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=pdearen>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/552975.Patrick_Dearen|title=Patrick Dearen|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=April 12, 2014}}</ref>
The Dearens reside in [[Midland]].
==Writing career==
==Writing career==