Patrick W. Reed is the author of Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling, and a writer on the topics of professional wrestling, pop culture, and on con-men and liars through history. He especially likes drawing unexpected connections between pro-wrestling and broader historical or cultural trends, and uncovering little-known or forgotten stories from wrestling’s past.

Kayfabe has an average Amazon rating of 4.3/5, with more than 50% of customer feedback rating it at 5 stars. It has been called one of the best single volume histories of professional wrestling ever written.

Patrick has been involved with professional wrestling since 2012, and started describing himself as an “oddjobsman” when the list of every job he had done stopped fitting in his Twitter bio. He did wrestle a few times, and he was terrible at it and won’t do it again.