Patrick Senécal is a French-Canadian writer and scenarist known for his horror oriented drama novels.

Senécal is well known in Québec for his unique dark genre; his work has often been compared to that of Stephen King.

[1] Three of his novels were adapted into films in his native Québec.

[2][3] Senécal holds a bachelor's degree in French studies from the Université de Montréal.

He was also a teacher for ten years at the Cégep de Drummondville.