Patricia Quintana Bidar is a Western writer from the Port of Los Angeles area. For most of the past four decades, she has called the San Francisco Bay Area home.

Patricia is an alum of the U.C. Davis Graduate Writing Program, where she taught creative writing to undergraduate students and earned a M.A. in English. She also holds a B.A. in Filmmaking. Her writing has appeared in The Pinch, SmokeLong Quarterly, Atticus Review, Wigleaf, and Moon City Review, among many literary journals. Patricia’s stories have been widely anthologized including in Flash Fiction America (W.W. Norton, 2023), Best Microfiction 2023 (Pelekinesis Press), and Best Small Fictions 2023 (Alternating Current Press).

Patricia serves as a Submissions Editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. Apart from fiction, Patricia works as a freelance editor and writer for nonprofit organizations improving our world. She lives with her family and unusual dog outside of Oakland, California.