Lucilla Andrews
| 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]
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[edit] 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)
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] As Lucilla Andrews
[edit] 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)
[edit] Serialised novels
- The Golden Hour (Woman and Home; 1955-6)
- Pippa's Story (Woman's Weekly; 1968)
[edit] Omnibus
- My Friend the Professor / Highland Interlude / Ring O' Roses (1979)
[edit] Non fiction
- No Time for Romance (1977)
[edit] As Diana Gordon
[edit] Single novels
- A Few Days in Endel (1967)
[edit] As Joanna Marcus
[edit] Single novels
- Marsh Blood (1980)
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ BBC – Radio 4 – Last Word
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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