Patricia Burford Ryan (born August 9, 1954, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States) is an American writer of romance novels as Patricia Ryan and mystery novels as P.B.
Patricia formerly worked in the publishing industry in New York City and Rochester, NY, as both a marketing manager and editor.
As Patricia Ryan, she wrote seventeen romances, both contemporary and historical.
Murder in a Mill Town was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award.
Patricia Burford Ryan's novels have been critically acclaimed and published in over twenty countries.