Christine Sparks Fiorotto, known by her pen names Lucy Gordon and Penelope Stratton, is a prolific British novelist specializing in romance novels. Her writing career began in 1984, and she has since published over 75 romance novels.

Initially, Sparks worked for a British women's magazine before venturing into novel writing. Her works have been published with Silhouette Books and Mills & Boon, known as Harlequin Enterprises in the USA.