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New book

I am the co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Round Table, coming out in the summer of 2009. More …

Walking tours

I have been leading literary walking tours for 10 years in New York City. There are several planned for 2009. More …

Photos galore

I am a member of the New York Pinup Photography Club. I've met terrific people as I work on my photo skills. More …

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
Biography

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent his childhood in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Summit, New Jersey; Raleigh, North Carolina; and St. Louis, Missouri. He is a graduate of Northeast Missouri State University.

Following a hitch in the U.S. Marines, he worked for a string of small-town newspapers before he chucked journalism and moved to Manhattan. Fitzpatrick has worked in comic books, major league baseball, television, magazines, trading cards, website production, and a myriad of other schemes for low pay.

In 1998 he founded the Dorothy Parker Society, which has been featured in the New York Times, New York Sun, USA Today, National Geographic Traveler and The (London) Observer. Fitzpatrick is the president of the society and hosts the annual "Parkerfest" in Manhattan, which draws Dorothy Parker fans from around the world. He wrote, designed and produced dorothyparker.com, which was named a "site of the year" by Yahoo. In conjunction with the Algonquin Hotel, Fitzpatrick leads walking tours of the former Round Table homes and haunts in Manhattan. He and his wife live in Manhattan and Shelter Island, New York.