Irene Swatridge, née Irene Maude Mossop (6 December 1904 in Woking, Surrey, England – 26 October 1988 in England) was a British writer of over 175 children's and romance novels.
Swatridge wrote under her maiden and married names, as well as under the pseudonyms of Jan Tempeste, Fay Chandos, and Virginia Storm.
Born Irene Maude Mossop on 6 December 1904 in Woking, Surrey, England, she was the elder child of Maude Binford Eyre and Robert Mossop, a solicitor, later she had a brother.
In 1934, she married a former RAF officer and recently widowed Charles John Swatridge (1896–1964).
After her marriage, Swatridge started to write gothic and romance novels, first as Jan Tempest and later as Fay Chandos.