Patrick V. Quinn was born in Capetown, South Africa, raised in Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and emigrated to Boise, Idaho in 1976. As a graduate from The South African Institute of Marketing Management, he has gone on to establish and publish many local magazines, such as The Boise Magazine, Welcome To Boise Magazine, Treasure Valley Living, The Visitors Guide To Boise, Dining Decisions, Southwest Idaho Travelog, Central Idaho Travelog, and Idaho Heartland Living. Canyon County Celebration – This land of ours... this land of yours, is the culmination of over two years of research and development, and his first book of this nature. Patrick lives in Boise, and has two adult children.