Patricia Finn is a writer, ghostwriter, editor, and consultant who has worked in various capacities on non-fiction, episodic television and feature films, including adaptions of original material from Alice Munro and Carol Shields amongst others. She completed post-graduate work in English and Classics with a focus on Aristotle and Athenian tragedy. She has both Canadian and American roots and now lives in Vancouver.

"The Golden Boy is not just an astoundingly ambitious novel, but also - and more importantly, in my opinion - a wildly entertaining one, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Bravo, Patricia Finn!"--Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and the North Bath trilogy of Fool novels

"With The Golden Boy, Patricia Finn has constructed something miraculous - an immersive, profoundly moving story about friendship, marriage, betrayal, and redemption that spans across generations and oceans. She writes with a philosopher's deep wisdom, and a screenwriter's talent for satisfyingly messy characters and wholly gripping plots. Combine all of that with the fact that The Golden Boy is also very, very funny, and what you've got is a novel that's about as perfect as they come."--Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding

"Extraordinary. The Golden Boy is both a love story and a family drama, where the past gives purpose to the present action. I can't recall ever reading such a satisfying ending... nor cheering for characters more enthusiastically."--Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swan Song and The Perfect Couple

Publisher: Cardinal

Pub date: 2026-03-10

Length: 320 pages