Patricia Robins

British novelist and WAAF officer (1921-2016)

Patricia Robins (1 February 1921 – 4 December 2016) was an English romance novelist. She was also known as Claire Lorrimer. She also served as Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer during World War II tracking Nazi bombers.

Patricia Denise Robins Clark[1]
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
NationalityBritish
Genreromance, gothic
SpouseDonald Clark
Children3
RelativesDenise Robins (mother),
K. C. Groom (grandmother),
Adrian Bernard Klein (uncle)
Website
www.clairelorrimer.co.uk

Her mother was Denise Robins, the popular romance novelist. Her maternal grandmother was the also writer K. C. Groom. Her maternal grandfather was Herman Klein, a musician.

Robins was born in Hove, Sussex, England. She died at her home in rural Kent, England from complication of a fall on 3 December 2016, aged 95.

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Publications, Europa (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.

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