Patricia Louisianna Knop (October 23, 1940 – August 7, 2019) was an American screenwriter, television producer, art collector, and sculptor.

[4] She was credited as a writer on the films The Passover Plot (1976),[5] Lady Oscar (1979),[6] Silence of the North (1981),[7] 9½ Weeks (1986), Siesta (1987), Wild Orchid (1989), and Delta of Venus (1995).

[2][8] In theatre, Knop co-wrote the book for the musical Whistle Down the Wind (1989) with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gale Edwards.

Knop was an adventurous art collector; she and Zalman King filled their Santa Monica home with contemporary paintings and sculptures, antiques, salvaged items, and stained glass.

[10] Knop married film director Zalman King in 1965; they had two daughters, Gillian and Chloe.