Elizabeth Harrison was a British

United Kingdom

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 writer of romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s from 1965 to 1995, she specialized in medical romances, because she was a medical secretary.

She was the ninth elected Chairman (1977–1979) of the Romantic Novelists' Association

Romantic Novelists' Association

The Romantic Novelists' Association is a writers' association in the UK. Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins , Barbara Cartland , Vivian Stuart , and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews.The RNA runs...

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Biography

Elizabeth Mary Fancourt Harrison was born on 12 January 1921 in Watford

Watford

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, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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, England

England

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, UK

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. She studied at Berkhamsted School. She worked as medical secretary, and during the World War II

World War II

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, she served at Women's Auxiliary Air Force

Women's Auxiliary Air Force

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were invariably referred to as Waafs , was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II, established in 1939. At its peak strength, in 1943, WAAF numbers exceeded 180,000, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.A Women's Royal Air...

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As Elizabeth Harrison, she wrote romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s from 1965 to 1995, she specialized in medical romances. She was the ninth elected Chairman (1977–1979) of the Romantic Novelists' Association

Romantic Novelists' Association

The Romantic Novelists' Association is a writers' association in the UK. Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins , Barbara Cartland , Vivian Stuart , and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews.The RNA runs...

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She died on 26 February 2008 in Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, UK

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Single novels

• Coffee at Dobree's (1965)
• To Mend a Heart (1977)
• A Surgeon Called Amanda (1982)
• Marrying a Doctor (1984)
• The Senior Partner's Daughter (1994)
• Made for Each Other (1995)

London's Central Hospital

1. The Physicians (1966)
2. The Ravelston Affair (1967)
3. Corridors of Healing (1968)
4. Emergency Call (1970)
5. Accident Call (1971)
6. Ambulance Call (1972)
7. Surgeon's Call (1973)
8. On Call (1974)
9. Hospital Call (1975)
10. Dangerous Call (1976)
11. Young Doctor Goddard (1978)
12. Doctor Called Caroline (1979)
13. A Surgeon's Life (1983)
14. Surgeon's Affair (1985)
15. Surgeon at St. Mark's (1986)
16. The Surgeon She Married (1988)
17. The Faithful Type (1993)