Patrick McLaughlin
Biography
A decorated combat veteran, now an award-winning author, McLaughlin spent 1967 in Vietnam with the Dogface Battalion of the Army's storied Big Red One. Following active duty, he graduated from Ohio University then Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
McLaughlin, a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, having been appointed by President Ronald Reagan, is a retired Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Patrick has been inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame, and the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame. He writes from Cleveland where he resides with his wife Christine.
Achievements & Recognitions
A debut fiction novel, Cheerful Obedience has received multiple awards including, among others: 1) BREW Fiction Book Excellence Winner War Fiction of the Year 2023; 2) NYC Big Book Award 2024 Winner, Military Fiction; 3) Independent Press Award 2025 Winner, Military Fiction; 4) Bookfest First Place Award, Fiction/Historical, War & Military (Fall 2023); 5) Outstanding Creator Awards (Summer/Fall 2023); 6) Global Book Awards for War and Military (Bronze Medal 2023); 7) North American Book Award 2023, Fiction--Military (Silver Medal); and 8) B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.
Cheerful Obedience enjoys customer reviews with global ratings of 4.7 out of 5.0 on both Amazon and Goodreads.
