Empire

Clayton Hartley Matthews was born in 24 October 1918. He started to write short stories in late 1950s, and then coming up with paperback novels, mostly in the erotic genre, in the early 1960s as Clayton Matthews. In a California's local writers' group, he met the gothic writer Patty Brisco. After his divorce, In 3 November 1972, he married Patty, and they lived near San Diego, California. His wife, became the popular romance writer Patricia Matthews, and he also started writing romance novels. H...

Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on July 1, 1927 in San Fernando, California, USA, the daughter of Gladys Gable and Roy Oliver Ernst. Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape. She studied at California State University, Los Angeles, were she worked as secretary to the General Manager of Associated Students by the California State College. In 21 December 1946, she married Marvin Owen Brisco and moved...