Patricia Quintana Bidar is a western writer from the Port of Los Angeles area. She is an alum of the U.C. Davis Graduate Writing Program, where she taught creative writing and earned a Master’s Degree in English. Patricia also holds a degree in filmmaking. Her work has been celebrated in Wigleaf's Top 50 and widely anthologized including in Flash Fiction America (W.W. Norton, 2023), Best Microfiction (Pelekinesis Press, 2023), and Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current, 2023 and 2024). Her debut collection of short works, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press, 2025) is available now. Patricia is also the author of a novelette, Wild Plums (ELJ Editions, 2024). She lives with her family and unusual dog outside of Oakland, California.

Patricia is proud to serve on staff at STORY Magazine, Smokelong Quarterly, and the Wigleaf 50.