J. PATRICK LEMARR, author, minister, poet, and educator, lives in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex with his wife, Heidi, and his three children. He currently works as a stay-at-home dad for the younger two kids, spending many of his off hours crafting his latest work of poetry or fiction.
Jeff, as his friends call him, has written music reviews for (the now defunct) Infuze Magazine and frequently contributed poetry and artwork to their ezine. In 2005, his poem “Her Angels Pack Away Her Things” was featured in their publication Infuze Magazine: Best of 2005 Short Stories and Poetry. 2005 also saw the first draft of his novel, Worlds Apart, featured as a serialized novel on their website. He was the only non-staff member honored to have his work serialized through their site. Reader response was overwhelmingly positive.
In late 2005, Lemarr published a book of poetry and short fiction called Fallen. It is currently out of print.
His latest book, 2011’s I Am A Broken House, is a collection of poetry written over what the author calls “six of the most hellishly trying years” of his life. Filled to the brim with tales of broken people, mixed with honest accounts of his own sorrow, I Am A Broken House reminds us that there is a beauty in our brokenness. It speaks of those hardest of times, but also of the grace we receive through our families, our friends and our faith.
His latest work, Underneath, is a horror short story to be released by Write Crowd Publishing as a Digital Single.