Patricia Matthews

Patricia Anne Klein Ernst Brisco Matthews
Born Patricia Anne Klein Ernst
July 1, 1927(1927-07-01)
San Fernando, California, USA[1]
Died December 7, 2006(2006-12-07) (aged 79)
Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A.
Pen name Patricia Ernst,
P.A. Brisco,
Patty Brisco,
Pat A. Brisco,
Pat Brisco,
Patricia Matthews
Laura Wylie,
Denise Matthews
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Period 1959 - 2004
Genres Gothic Fiction, Romance, Mystery
Spouse(s) Marvin Owen Brisco (1946-1961)
Clayton Hartley Matthews (1972-2004)
Children 2

Patricia (Anne Klein, née Ernst) Brisco Matthews (July 1, 1927 in San Fernando, California, USA - December 7, 2006 in Prescott, Arizona, USA ) was an American writer of gothic, romance and mystery novels. She wrote under the pen names P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco, Pat A. Brisco, Pat Brisco, Patricia Matthews and Laura Wylie. She collaborated with her second husband, Clayton Matthews, on romance and mystery (suspense) novels; they were called "the hottest couple in paperbacks." She also collaborated with Denise Hrivnak as Patricia Matthews.

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Biography

Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on July 1, 1927 in San Fernando, California, the daughter of Roy Oliver Ernst and Gladys Gable. Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape. She studied at California State University, Los Angeles, were she worked as secretary to the General Manager of Asociated Students by the California State College.[1]

In 21 December 1946, she married Marvin Owen Brisco and moved to Arizona, they had two sons: Michael Arvie and David Roy.[2] By 1961, the marriage had ended in divorce. Focused on her writing career, she returned to California, where she met the writer Clayton Matthews in a local writers' group. After Matthews divorced his first wife, he and Patricia married in 3 November 1972 and lived near San Diego.

Matthews started to write poetry, juvenile books, a play, fantasy and mystery short stories, which she signed under different names: Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco and Pat A. Brisco. Using the names Patty Brisco and Pat Brisco, she wrote gothic novels.

When the market for gothic novels softened, at the suggestion of the Matthews' agent, Jay Garon, she began to write romance novels under her second married name, Patricia Matthews. She and her husband also collaborated on several romance and suspense novels using the pseudonyms Laura Wylie and Laurie Wylie. She and her husband wrote five Casey Farrell mystery novels together, and she wrote three on her own, the Thumbprint Mysteries, set in the American Southwest. With Denise Hrivnak, she also wrote under the pseudonym Denise Matthews.

Her husband Clayton died in 25 March 2004. Patricia died on December 7, 2006 in the Brisco family home in Prescott, Arizona.

Awards

[1]

Bibliography

As P.A. Brisco

Single Novel

As Patty Brisco

Single Novels

As Pat A. Brisco

Single Novels

As Pat Brisco

Single Novels

As Patricia Matthews

Hannah Bilogy

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

Single Novels

Poems

Single novels with Clayton Matthews

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

Anthologies in collaboration

As Laura Wylie

Single Novel

References and sources

  1. ^ a b c Taylor & Francis Group; Sleeman, Elizabeth; Neale, Alison (2003), International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004, Routledge, pp. 640, ISBN 1857431790 
  2. ^ Reginald, R.; Menville, Douglas; Burgess, Mary A. (2010), Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: Volumen 2, Wildside Press LLC, pp. 362