Patrick Roscoe (born 1962 on the Spanish island of Formentera) is a novelist, short story writer, and actor.
He spent his childhood in East Africa, was educated in England and Canada, and later lived in California and Mexico. He is the author of seven books of fiction that have been translated into nine languages.
In 2010, his correspondence with literary agent Colleen Lindsay became widely discussed on the Internet, including at Making Light, the blog of editors Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
Roscoe currently divides his time between Canada, Spain and North Africa.