Patricia Alice Tooke Fanthorpe cowrite with her husband Lionel Fanthorpe: Erle Barton, Lee Barton, Thornton Bell, Leo Brett, Bron Fane, R.L. Fanthorpe, R. Lionel Fanthorpe, L.P. Kenton, Victor La Salle, Robert Lionel, John E. Muller, Phil Nobel, Lionel Roberts, Deutero Spartacus, Neil Thanet, Trebor Thorpe, Pel Torro, Olaf Trent, Karl Zeigfreid Patricia Alice Tooke was born in Beetley, Norfolk, in 1938, and married Robert Lionel Fanthorpe in 1957. They have two daughters, Stephanie Dawn (1964) and Fiona Mary (1966). Her own favourite writer is Edgar Rice Burroughs. Her first literary ventures were the co-authorship of various textbooks on metrication, office management, and a payroll guide. Patricia and Lionel Fanthorpe have investigated the world's unsolved mysteries for more than 30 years and are the authors of 15 bestselling books, including Mysteries and Secrets of the Templars and Mysteries and Secrets of the Masons. They live in Cardiff, Wales.