Her magazine columns included Buhay May-asawa (Married Life), Psychopathic, Munting-lupa (literally Small Portion of Land), and Alta-Sosyedad (High [level of] Society).
Among her other novels were Isinilang Ko ang Anak ng Ibang Babae (I Gave Birth to the Child of Another Woman), Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin (There Were Two Who Became Pregnant for Me), Ako si Emma, Babae (I am Emma, a Woman), Padre, si Eba (Father, This is Eve), Bago N’yo Ako Sumpain (Before You Curse Me), Lord, Give Me a Lover, Ang Mukha ni Aniana (Aniana's Face), Eladia, Sa Lilim ng Ilang-Ilang (Under the Shade of the Ilang-ilang Tree), Cara, Bibo (Dapper), and Sleeping Beauty.
During the 1990s, upon the decline of Philippine comics readership, Patron moved into writing novels for Tagalog-language paperbacks, locally known as Tagalog pocketbooks.
[1] Among Patron’s novels that had been adapted into films included Lord, Give Me a Lover, Adult Kid, Ako si Emma, Babae (I am Emma, a Woman), Isinilang Ko ang Anak ng Ibang Babae (I Gave Birth to the Child of Another Woman), Pompa, Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin (There Were Two Who Became Pregnant for Me), Padre, si Eba (Father, This is Eve), Bago N’yo Ako Sumpain (Before You Curse Me), Ligaw-Tingin, Halik-Hangin (Courtship Through Gazing, Kissing in the Wind [undemonstrated desire to court and kiss a person admired; the suitor can only look at the admired woman, unable to get closer, a kisser of empty space]), and Kape’t Gatas (literally Coffee and Milk; figuratively Brown and White [referring to skin color]).
[3] Apart from her FAMAS-award-winning novel Kapatid Ko ang Aking Ina, Patron obtained awards from The Citizen’s Council for Mass Media (CCMM), Starlight Cultural Foundation, Komiks Operation Brotherhood, Inc. (KOMOPEB), and the Catholic Mass Media.