Lucilla Andrews

Lucilla Andrews
"Diana Gordon" redirects here. For Diana Gordon (saw character), see List of Saw characters. For other uses, see Diana Gordon (disambiguation).
Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton
Born 21 November 1919
Suez, Egypt
Died 3 October 2006
Edinburgh, Scotland
Pen name Lucilla Andrews,
Diana Gordon,
Joanna Marcus
Occupation Nurse, novelist
Nationality British
Period 1954–1996
Genres Medical romance

Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton (21 November 1919 – 3 October 2006) was a British romantic novelist who wrote as Lucilla Andrews.

She joined the British Red Cross in 1940 and later trained as a nurse at St Thomas' Hospital, London, during World War II.

She was a founder member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award.[1]

As a writer of thirty-five novels over the period 1954–96[2] she specialised in hospital romances. Her noms de plume included Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus.

In late 2006, Lucilla Andrews' autobiography No Time for Romance became the focus of a posthumous controversy. It has been alleged that the novelist Ian McEwan plagiarised from this work while writing his novel, Atonement. McEwan has protested his innocence.[3][4][5]

Contents

Quotes

  • It was ironic that even my small triumphs were not attributed to me. (Pippa Dexter: in "Pippa's Story", 29 June 1968 Woman's Weekly page 17)

Bibliography

As Lucilla Andrews

Single novels

  • The Print Petticoat (1954)
  • The Secret Armour (1955)
  • The Quiet Wards (1956)
  • The First Year (1957)
  • A Hospital Summer (1958)
  • The Wife of the Red-Haired Man (1959)
  • My Friend the Professor (1960)
  • Nurse Errant (1961)
  • Flowers from the Doctor (1963)
  • The Young Doctors Downstairs (1963)
  • The New Sister Theatre (1964)
  • A House for Sister Mary (1966)
  • The Light in the Ward (1966)
  • Hospital Circles (1967)
  • Highland Interlude (1968)
  • The Healing Time (1969)
  • Edinburgh Excursion (1970)
  • Ring O'Roses (1972)
  • Silent Song (1973)
  • In Storm and in Calm (1975)
  • Busman's Holiday (1978)
  • The Crystal Gull (1978)
  • One Night in London (1979)
  • Weekend in the Garden (1981)
  • In an Edinburgh Drawing Room (1983)
  • After a Famous Victory (1984)
  • Lights of London (1985)
  • The Phoenix Syndrome (1987)
  • Frontline 1940 (1990)
  • The Africa Run (1993)
  • Endel House (1993)
  • The Sinister Side (1996)

Serialised novels

  • The Golden Hour (Woman and Home; 1955-6)
  • Pippa's Story (Woman's Weekly; 1968)

Omnibus

  • My Friend the Professor / Highland Interlude / Ring O' Roses (1979)

Non fiction

  • No Time for Romance (1977)

As Diana Gordon

Single novels

  • A Few Days in Endel (1967)

As Joanna Marcus

Single novels

  • Marsh Blood (1980)

References

  1. ^ Langdon, Julia (17 October 2006). "Lucilla Andrews". Guardian Online Obituaries (London). http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1923979,00.html. Retrieved 20 October 2006. 
  2. ^ BBC – Radio 4 – Last Word
  3. ^ "An inspiration, yes. Did I copy from another author? No". Guardian Online (London). 27 November 2006. http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1957845,00.html. Retrieved 27 November 2006. 
  4. ^ Hoyle, Ben (27 November 2006). "McEwan hits back at call for atonement". The Times (UK). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2473382,00.html. Retrieved 27 November 2006. 
  5. ^ "McEwan accused of copying writers memoirs". PR inside. http://www.pr-inside.com/mcewan-accused-of-copying-writer-s-memoirs-r27254.htm. Retrieved 27 November 2006. 

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