Patricia J. Thompson (June 15, 1926 – April 1, 2016), also known as Yelena Vladimirovna Mayakovskaya (Russian: Елена Владимировна Маяковская), was an American philosopher and author of more than 20 books.

[2][3] In summer 1925, Vladimir Mayakovsky visited New York, where he met Russian émigré Elli Jones (born Yelizaveta Petrovna Zibert), an interpreter who spoke Russian, French, German, and English fluently.

She published a book describing her parents' love affair, based on her mother's unpublished memoirs and their conversations.

[5] In 1991, after the death of her mother and during the final months of the collapse of the Soviet Union by the end of the year, she traveled to Russia with her son, where they were welcomed with respect.

From that point until her death, she kept dual names, Patricia Thompson and Yelena Vladimirovna Mayakovskaya.