Lucilla andrews biography sample
This is a brief appreciation of Lucilla Andrew's work and will be of interest to her many fans..
She went to school in England and wrote her first (unpublished) novel at the age of eleven.
Lucilla Andrews
British writer
Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton | |
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Born | Lucilla Matthew Andrews (1919-11-20)20 November 1919 Suez, Egypt |
Died | 3 October 2006(2006-10-03) (aged 86) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Pen name | Lucilla Andrews, Diana Gordon, Joanna Marcus |
Occupation | Nurse, novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1954–1996 |
Genre | Romance |
Spouse | James Crichton (1947–1954) |
Children | Veronica Crichton |
Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton (born 20 November 1919 in Suez, Egypt – d.
3 October 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British writer of 33 romance novels from 1954 to 1996.[1] As Lucilla Andrews she specialised in hospital romances, and under the pen names Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus wrote mystery romances.
She was a founding member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award.[2]
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