Patrick Robinson (born 21 January 1940) is a British novelist and newspaper columnist living in Cotuit, Massachusetts, US. He is the father of Ben Robinson from the Bravo TV shows

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and

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. His recent books are

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-based thrillers, each telling the story of a crisis facing the world in the early 21st century. His earlier works include four nonfiction books about thoroughbred horses; '' True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny'', the story of the 1987 Oxford

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mutiny (for which he, and co-author Dan Topolski won the inaugural

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in 1989); and ''One Hundred Days'', the biography of Admiral Sir

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Bibliography

Fiction

Stand-alone Novels * Slider (2002) Admiral Arnold Morgan # '' Nimitz Class'' (1997) # '' Kilo Class'' (1998) # '' H.M.S. Unseen'' (1999) # '' U.S.S. Seawolf'' (2000) # '' The Shark Mutiny'' (2001) # '' Barracuda 945'' (2003) # '' Scimitar SL-2'' (2004) # '' Hunter Killer'' (2005) # '' Ghost Force'' (2006) # '' To the Death'' (2008) Navy Seal Lt. Commander Mack Bedford # '' Diamondhead'' (2009) # '' Intercept'' (2010) # '' The Delta Solution'' (2011) # '' Power Play'' (2012)

Non-fiction

* ''Classic Lines'' * ''The Golden Post'' * ''Decade of Champions'' * ''Born to Win'' (John Bertrand and Patrick Robinson) (1985) * '' True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny'' (Daniel Topolski with Patrick Robinson) (1989) * ''One Hundred Days'' (Sandy Woodward and Patrick Robinson) (1992) * ''Horsetrader'' (with Nick Robinson) (1993) * '' Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10'' –

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with Patrick Robinson (2007) * '' A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers'' – Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson (2009) * ''Topgun on Wall Street'' (Jeffery Lay with Patrick Robinson) (2013) * ''Honor and Betrayal'' (2013) * ''The Lion of Sabray'' (2015)

References

External links

Patrick Robinson's Speaking Page
1940 births 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Living people British male novelists People from Cotuit, Massachusetts 20th-century British male writers 21st-century British male writers British expatriates in the United States {{UK-journalist-stub