Patrick Harwood

Author

Patrick Harwood has recently published his fifth book. This one is titled “Stories
from the Underground: The Churchyards of Charleston.” Patrick describes the
book this way, in his so-called elevator pitch: The book examines Charleston’s
rich, diverse and interesting history through the prism of its religious burial
grounds.

Two of Patrick’s previous books are about Charleston’s beautiful and historic
Magnolia Cemetery. His other books are about another passion of his: bird and
nature photography.

Patrick has lived in the Charleston area since 1990 when he came to town to be an investigative reporter at Channel 5 television. After a few years in that position he transitioned to the public relations field at the College of Charleston where he was
associate director of College Relations. Early in his time at CofC he was given the opportunity to teach, starting with broadcast journalism courses, then expanding to other subjects within the broad communication field.
Around 2004, he joined CofC’s Department of Communication as a full-time adjunct faculty member. In 2014, an offer he couldn’t refuse from South Carolina State University led him to join the Communications Program there in Orangeburg.

He and his wife Alesia and their four cats reside in North Charleston’s Coosaw Creek neighborhood. Their two sons are both College of Charleston graduates who today work as software engineers in Chicago and New York City.