Patrick W. O'Daniel is a professional librarian in Memphis, Tennessee. He worked for the Memphis Public Library & Information Center for over sixteen years, spending nine years in the History, Social Sciences Department working with archival and genealogical collections. He has a Master's Degree in history from the University of Memphis, a Master's Degree in information sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and he has studied at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Patrick lives in Memphis with his wife, Kathy, and daughter Kelly.