Patricia Robins

Patricia Robins
BornPatricia Denise Robins
(1921-02-01)1 February 1921
Hove, Sussex, England
Died4 December 2016(2016-12-04) (aged 95)
Kent, England
Pen namePatricia Robins,
Claire Lorrimer,
Susan Patrick[1]
OccupationNovelist
Period1934–2016
Genreromance, gothic
SpouseDonald Clark
PartnerMel Hack
Children3
RelativesDenise Robins (mother),
K. C. Groom (grandmother),
Herman Klein (grandfather)
Website
clairelorrimer.co.uk

Patricia Robins[1] (1 February 1921 – 4 December 2016) was a British writer of short stories and over 80 novels mainly romances from 1934 to 2016, she also signed under the pseudonym Claire Lorrimer, she had sold more than ten million copies. She served as Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer during World War II tracking Nazi bombers.

Robins came from an artistic family. Her mother was the popular romance writer Denise Robins, who sold more than one hundred million copies and was the first president of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966). Her maternal grandmother was the writer K. C. Groom and her maternal grandfather was Herman Klein, a musician. Her maternal uncle was Adrian Cornwell-Clyne, who wrote books on photography and cinematography, another uncle was an artist, as is her daughter.[2]

  1. ^ a b Publications, Europa (2003), International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004, ISBN 9781857431797
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