Patrick Winn’s work as a journalist has received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a National Press Club broadcast award, and three Human Rights Press Awards from Amnesty International. Much of his work focuses on guerrilla conflict, the narcotics trade, and black markets. Hello, Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia is his first book.

Patrick is the Asia correspondent for The World, a radio show on NPR. He also worked as a consultant for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He’s originally from a small factory town in North Carolina in the U.S. but he has lived in Thailand since 2008 and reads and speaks Thai.

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