Patrick Francis McManus (August 25, 1933 – April 11, 2018) was an American humor writer. He was born in Sandpoint, Idaho. He wrote about the outdoors. He was a humor columnist for "Outdoor Life", "Field & Stream", and other magazines, his columns and stories have been collected in several books, beginning with "A Fine and Pleasant Misery" (1978) up through "The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories" (2012).