Pat Barker | |
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 Pat Barker in October 2012 | |
| Born | Patricia Mary W. Drake 8 May 1943 Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Subject | Memory, trauma, survival, recovery |
| Notable works | Regeneration Trilogy |
| Notable awards | Booker Prize, Guardian First Book Award |
| Spouse | David Barker |
| Children | 2 |
Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL, Hon FBA (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.