Pat Barker

| image = Pat Barker.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Pat Barker in October 2012 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Patricia Mary W. Drake | birth_date = | birth_place = Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist | education = | alma_mater = London School of Economics | period = | genre = | subject = Memory, trauma, survival, recovery | movement = | notableworks = Regeneration Trilogy | spouse = David Barker | partner(s) = | children = 2 | relative(s) = | awards = Booker Prize, ''Guardian'' First Book Award | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}

Patricia Mary W. Barker, ( Drake; born 8 May 1943) is a British writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, ''The Observer'' named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels". Provided by Wikipedia