Journalist Patrick Strickland will read from and discuss his debut story collection, A History of Heartache, with Lauren Drewes Daniels on Tuesday, April 21st at Deep Vellum Books.

Patrick Strickland is an award-winning journalist and author from Texas who has reported from some fifteen countries across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, covering immigration, the rise of the far right, humanitarian catastrophes, armed conflict, and more. He was a 2024 de Groot Foundation Writer of Note. His reportage has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The New Republic, Politico, The Guardian, Vice, In These Times, and elsewhere. Based in Athens, Greece, he is the managing editor of Inkstick Media. His previous books are Alerta! Alerta! Snapshots of Europe’s Anti-Fascist Struggle, The Marauders: Standing Up to Vigilantes in the American Borderlands, and You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Refugees, Fascism, and Bloodshed in Greece.

Lauren Drewes Daniels is the food editor at the Dallas Observer and a journalist with more than 15 years of experience. Beyond the culinary world, her reporting explores the crossroads of culture, business, and trends across North Texas. Since graduating from the University of North Texas in Denton, she has made the area her home.