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Nadine Hoskinson | |
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| Died | 30 May 2010 |
| Pen name | Elizabeth Oldfield |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1982–1998 |
| Genre | Romantic novel |
Nadine Hoskinson (d. 30 May 2010), well known as Elizabeth Oldfield was a popular British writer of over 40 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1982 to 1998, when she retired from romance. In her sixties, she decided to return to writing, and was published again in 2007.
Nadine Hoskinson married and had one daughter and one son. Her daughter later had 2 grandchildren. When in the 1980s her husband's job took them to live in Singapore. She had articles published in magazines and newspapers in the United Kingdom and Singapore. Later, she decided to write a book, but first she would practice on a small book. The only small books that she had were Mills & Boon romances. Her first book was accepted in 1982 as Elizabeth Oldfield, and she had enjoyed writing it during 18 years and 40 novels. She retired from romance in 1998 to travel with her husband. She died in 30 May 2010.
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Jennifer Greene is one of the pseudonyms for Jill Alison Hart. She is a writer of over 85 romance novels since 1980. She has also written novels as Jeanne Grant and Jessica Massey, and uses the name Alison Hart as a business name for her writing.
Betty Neels was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels, beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death. Her work is known for being particularly chaste.
Sheila Holland, née Sheila Ann Mary Coates was best known under the pseudonym Charlotte Lamb as a prolific romantic novelist. She signed her novels with her married or maiden names – Sheila Holland, Sheila Coates – and under the pseudonyms Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy. She was married to Richard Holland. They had five children, including a set of twins: - Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland.
Susan Kyle, née Susan Eloise Spaeth is an American writer who was known as Diana Palmer and has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a science fiction novel as Susan S. Kyle.
Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski is an American writer of over 272 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages. She has also written under the names Marie Nicole, Marie Michael, and Marie Charles.
Robyn Donald is a prolific New Zealand writer of romance novels since 1977. Her books have print runs of up to 500,000 copies at a time.
Carole Mortimer is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors.
Margaret Way is an Australian writer of romance novels and women's fiction. A prolific author, Way has written more than 120 novels since 1970, many through Mills & Boon, a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd., owned by Harlequin Enterprises.
Jessica Steele was a British author of 88 romance novels that spanned a career over four decades, Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon since 1979 starting with The Icicle Heart. Her last novel was The Girl From Honeysuckle Farm and it was published in 2009.
Anne Ashurst, who wrote using the pseudonym Sara Craven, was a British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels were published by Mills & Boon from 1975. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the 26th Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Sally Wentworth was the pseudonym used by Doreen Hornsblow, a British romance writer of 70 romance novels in Mills & Boon's from 1977 to 1999.
Lindsay Armstrong is a popular South African-Australian writer of over 65 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1981. Armstrong was born and raised in South Africa, and married a New Zealand-born man who worked in West Africa. Their first three children were born in South Africa, they had other two children, one in London, England, and one in Australia. She currently lives in Australia. Lindsay Armstrong, born Gillian Smith, died Gillian Crowe, on 28 December 2021
Jill MacLean is a Canadian writer of children's fiction books and, under the pseudonyms of Sandra Field, Jan MacLean and Jocelyn Haley, a popular author of over 70 romance novels for Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1974.
Jay Blakeney was a British writer and newspaper reporter, well known as a romance novelist under the pen names Anne Weale and Andrea Blake. She wrote over 88 books for Mills & Boon from 1955 to 2002. She died on 24 October 2007; at the time of her death she was writing her autobiography, 88 Heroes…1 Mr Right.
Margaret Mayo is a British writer of over 80 romance novels since 1976.
Valerie Christine Parv was a popular Australian writer of over 70 romance novels, with more than 34 million sales. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1982.
Daphne Clair de Jong, née Williams is a popular New Zealand writer of over 75 romance novels since 1977 as Daphne Clair and Daphne de Jong, and under the pseudonyms Laurey Bright, Clair Lorel, and Clarissa Garland, and she also publishes poetry and articles.
Jane Donnelly is a British writer. During period of 1965 to 2000, she wrote more than 60 romance novels from Mills & Boon. Her novels are characterized as "happy escapist reading".
Marjorie Lewty, née Lobb was a British writer of short stories and over 45 romance novels from 1958 to 1999 for Mills & Boon.
Essie Summers was a New Zealand writer whose romance novels sold more than 19 million copies in 105 countries. She was known as New Zealand's "Queen of Romance."
