Lucilla Andrews
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Lucilla Andrews (21 November 1919, Suez - 3 October 2006, Edinburgh) was a British romantic novelist.
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 plagiarized from this work while writing his highly-acclaimed novel, Atonement. McEwan has protested his innocence.[3][4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ Lucilla Andrews. Guardian Online Obituaries. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/lastword.shtml
- ^ An inspiration, yes. Did I copy from another author? No. Guardian Online. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ McEwan hits back at call for atonement. Times Online. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ McEwan accused of copying writers memoirs. PR inside. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
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