Norrey Ford

Noreen Ford Dilcock
Born Noreen Ford
March 28, 1907(1907-03-28)
Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
Died 1985 (aged 77–78)
Walsall, England, UK
Pen name Norrey Ford,
Jill Christian,
Christian Walford
Occupation Novelist
Nationality British
Period 1952-1977
Genres romance
Spouse(s) James Louis Christian Dilcock

Noreen Ford Dilcock (b. 28 March 1907 in Kingston upon Hull, England - d. 1985 in Walsall, England, UK) was a British writer of romance novels from 1952 to 1977 under different pseudonyms: Norrey Ford, Jill Christian and Christian Walford.

She was the second elected Chairman (1963–1965) of the Romantic Novelists' Association and also was a former vice-president of the organization.[1] She was the Walsall Writers' Circle founder and life president.[2]

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Biography

Noreen "Norrey" Ford born on 28 March 1907 in Kingston upon Hull, England, UK. She studied at Hull's French Convent, Ravensworth School and Appleton-le-Moors.[3] She married James Louis Christian Dilcock (1911–2000), a Midland judge and lay preacher at Walsall's St Paul's Church. The marriage spent much time travelling the world. Norren died on 1985 in Walsall, and her ashes were scattered over the fells by the Lake District.[4]

Bibliography

As Norrey Ford

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Single novels

As Jill Christian

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Single novels

Anthologies in collaboration

As Christian Walford

Single novels

References and sources

  1. ^ Past RNA Officers, http://www.rna-uk.org/index.php?page=pastofficers 
  2. ^ Black Country History, http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB148_1397/ 
  3. ^ The Author's & Writer's Who's Who, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., 1997 
  4. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Obituary:+Judge+with+wonderful+sense+of+humour%3B+OBITUARY.(News)-a062228130
  5. ^ Norrey Ford at FantasticFiction, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/norrey-ford/ 
  6. ^ Jill Christian at FantasticFiction, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/jill-christian