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“A prescient and perceptive tale… A Campus on Fire asks the best kind of uncomfortable questions.”
— Christopher J. Yates, author of Black Chalk and The Rabbit Club
“With A Campus on Fire, O’Dowd has cemented himself as a forceful new literary voice.
— Kerri Schlottman, author of Tell Me One Thing
“A vivid debut… a novel about and for our tumultuous era.”
— Wil Medearis, author of Restoration Heights
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Library Journal
“O’Dowd’s debut is a stunner, with a devastating ending.” — Library Journal
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Writer's Digest
“It’s easy to say, ‘Write what you know.’ But often, I think the more important advice is: Write what unsettles you.” — Patrick O’Dowd, in Writer’s Digest
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New York Public Library
Dark Academia: New Campus Thrillers Make the Grade
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San Francisco Book Review
“A gripping, razor-sharp novel that captures the volatile collision of truth, power, and ideology in today’s polarized world… Timely, provocative, and unflinchingly bold.” — San Francisco Book Review
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I write stories about power, belief, and ambition. My debut, A Campus on Fire, was published by Regal House in 2025 and quickly earned national recognition.
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