Patricia Aakhus

Patricia Aakhus

May 17, 1952 – May 16, 2012
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Place of Death: Evansville, Indiana, U.S.

Patricia "Patty" Aakhus (May 17, 1952 – May 16, 2012), also known by her maiden name and pseudonym, Patricia McDowell, was an American novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. She specialized in Irish themes and won Readercon's Best Imaginative Literature Award in 1990 and the Cahill Award for The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh.