Eva Ibbotson dedicated a 1985 romance novel to the author who did in 2009 and wrote under the pen name Gwyneth Moore.
A Company of Swans is a historical romance novel published in 1985 by Eva Ibbotson. 
 The book is dedicated to Patricia Veryan. 
Patricia Valeria Bannister, (born November 21, 1923 in London, England; died November 18, 2009 in Bellevue, Washington, USA) was a writer of historical romance fiction from 1978 until 2002. 
 She wrote under the names Patricia Veryan and Gwyneth Moore. 
