Pat Warren

Pat Warren (born 1936) is an American author of contemporary romance novels under her own name and the pseudonym Patricia Cox.

At age 16, Warren began writing a column for the Akron Beacon Journal.As an adult, she wrote articles about marriage and motherhood for the Detroit News. In 1986, she sold a novel to Silhouette Books.Two years later, in 1988, she won the inaugural Desert Rose Award, given by the Phoenix Desert Rose chapter of the Romance Writers of America.

Warren has published novels in various genres, including contemporary romance, romantic suspense, mystery, and mainstream. Several reached the Waldenbooks and B. Dalton bestseller lists. As of 2007, more than 3.5 million copies of her novels were in print worldwide.