Patricia Hooker (17 February 1933 – 2001) was an Australian writer who worked extensively in England.
[1] She wrote The Golden Road, the first play on British television that was both written by a woman and about a lesbian relationship.
[2][3] Hooker also wrote A Season in Hell the first Australian television drama to focus on a queer relationship.
[7] Hooker was working as a shorthand typist in a city office in 1959 when she wrote the story for The Little Woman at home in the evenings.
[8][9] She moved to London in 1964 and worked as a court reporter as well as writing for TV and radio.