Patricia Matthews

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Patricia Anne Klein Ernst Brisco Matthews
Born July 1, 1927(1927-07-01)
United States
Died December 7, 2006 (aged 79)
Arizona, U.S.A.
Pen name Patricia Ernst,
P.A. Brisco,
Patty Brisco,
Pat A. Brisco,
Pat Brisco,
Patricia Matthews
Laura Wylie,
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1959 - 2004
Genres Gothic Fiction, Romance, Mystery

Patricia (Anne Klein, née Ernst) Brisco Matthews (July 1, 1927 – December 07, 2006) was an American writer of romance novels and mystery novels. She wrote under the pen names Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco, Pat A. Brisco, Pat Brisco, Patricia Matthews and Laura Wylie. She collaborated with her husband, Clayton Matthews, on suspsense novels and also collaborated with Denise Hrivnak.

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[edit] Biography

Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on July 1, 1927. In 1946, she married with Marvin Owen Brisco and they lived in Arizona, the marriage divorced in 1961. In 1972, she married with the also writer Clayton Matthews, and they moved near San Diego, California.

Patricia wrote gothic novels as Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco and Pat A. Brisco. When the market for gothic novels softened, she began writing romance novels under her second married name, Patricia Matthews. She and her husband also collaborated on several suspense novels, and under the pseudonyms Laura Wylie and Laurie Wylie. With Denise Hrivnak, she also wrote under the pseudonym Denise Matthews.

Patricia died at 5:30 a.m. on December 07, 2006 in the familiar house of Brisco in Arizona.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] As P.A. Brisco

[edit] Single Novel

  • Harold Jensen's Hope Chest, 1959

[edit] As Patty Brisco

[edit] Single Novels

  • Horror at Gull House, 1969
  • Merry's Treasure, 1969
  • The Crystal Window, 1973
  • House of Candles, 1973
  • Mist of Evil 1976
  • Raging Rapids, 1978
  • Too Much In Love, 1979

[edit] As Pat A. Brisco

[edit] Single Novels

  • The Other People, 1970

[edit] As Pat Brisco

[edit] Single Novels

  • The Carnival Mystery, 1974
  • Campus mystery, 1978

[edit] As Patricia Matthews

[edit] Hannah Bilogy

  1. Love's Avenging Heart, 1976
  2. Dance of Dreams, 1983

[edit] Single Novels

  • Love Forever More, 1977
  • Love's Wildest Promise, 1977
  • Love's Daring Dream, 1978
  • Love's Pagan Heart, 1978
  • Love's Many Faces, 1979
  • Love's Golden Destiny, 1979
  • Love's Magic Moments , 1979
  • Love's Bold Journey, 1980
  • Love's Sweet Agony, 1980
  • Tides of Love, 1981
  • Embers of Dawn, 1982
  • Flames of Glory, 1982
  • Glamber in Love, 1984
  • Tame the Restless Heart, 1985
  • Midnight Lavender, 1985
  • Thursday and the Lady, 1987
  • Enchanted, 1987
  • Mirrors, 1988
  • Oasis, 1988
  • The Night Visitor, 1988
  • Sapphire, 1989
  • The Dreaming Tree, 1989
  • The Death of Love, 1990
  • The Unquiet, 1991
  • Dead Man Riding, 1999
  • Death in the Desert, 1999
  • Secret of Secco Canyon, 1998
  • Rendezvous at Midnight, 2004

[edit] Single novels with Clayton Matthews

  • Midnight Whispers, 1981
  • Empire, 1982

[edit] Casey Farrell Series with Clayton Matthews

  1. The Scent of Fear, 1992
  2. Vision of Death, 1993
  3. Taste of Evil, 1994
  4. Sound of Murder, 1994
  5. Touch of Terror, 1995

[edit] Anthologies in collaboration

  • On Wings of Magic, 1994 (with Andre Norton and Sasha Miller)

[edit] As Laura Wylie

[edit] Single Novel

  • The Night Visitor, 1979

[edit] References and sources

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