Patricia Ryan
Patricia Ryan, who writes the "Gilded Age" mystery series as P.B. Ryan, authored seventeen contemporary and historical romances before turning her attention to mystery and suspense. Pat's novels have been critically acclaimed and published in over twenty countries. Among the awards her books have garnered are the Golden Heart, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, and Romance Writers of America's top award, the RITA, for Best Long Historical Romance of 2000 (for Silken Threads).
Pat also writes mainstream erotica for Bantam Books under the pseudonym Louisa Burton.
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