Patrick D. Ferris

Since he was fourteen years old, competitive cycling has been the constant in the life of Patrick D. Ferris. He raced both on-road and off-road, as well as completing the Ironman Triathlon, and still continues to race. 

 

Born in Winnipeg, Manitobe in 1954, Pat Ferris grew up in Victoria and moved to Fort St. John in 1975 to pursue his trade in the rapidly expanding natural gas industry.

 

In 1997 he started "Ferris Fast Cycles", a specialty bike shop with his family, and soon he found out that a "North Peace" winter is an ideal time to try his hand at novel writing. 

 

After many years of tinkering with different ideas and drafts, his first novel "Gypsys" emerged: a fictional tale of personal relationships intertwined with top level cycling.