Maggie Ford, also known as Elizabeth Lord (born 1928) was a British writer.
Ivy Lord | |
|---|---|
 Lord in August 1996 | |
| Born | Ivy May Lord 22 May 1928 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 29 May 2020 (aged 92) |
| Pen name | Elizabeth Lord, Maggie Ford |
| Occupation | Secretary, novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1975–2017 |
| Genre | Romantic novel |
| Spouse | Mr John Mackney (deceased), Mr. Charles Titchen (deceased) |
Early life and family edit
Maggie Ford was born Ivy May Lord in London, England in 1928.[1][2] She became interested in writing when she retired from her full time job and wrote her first novel at the age of sixty six.[2]
Her first husband died in 1954, from a tragic accident at work.[2] She re-married and then started a nursery / garden centre with her second husband.[3]
Career edit
Her writing career started when she wrote an article for Weekend magazine about a robbery that happened when she was at home with her daughter.[3]
In the 1970s, she started writing romantic stories for various magazines.[2][4]
In 1994, she published her first novel, Stolen Years.[2]
Her first historical romantic work Company of Rebels, published in 2004, has sold in the United Kingdom and the United States.[3]
In 2006, her next romantic fiction novel, Give Me Tomorrow, was published. Later, Publishers Weekly reviewed the novel.[5]
In 2013, her novel, The Soldier's Bride, was published which was later reviewed by Burnley Express.[4]
In 2014, her novel, Call Nurse Jenny, was published. The novel was reviewed by Blackpool Gazette.[1]
During her writing career, she was a member of Brentwood Writers' Circle, Billericay Arts Group as well as the Romanic Novelist Association.[2]
Bibliography edit
- Lord, Elizabeth (1994). Stolen Years
- Lord, Elizabeth (1995). The Angry Heart
- Lord, Elizabeth (1996). A Better Life
- Lord, Elizabeth (1997). The Turning Tides
- Lord, Elizabeth (1998). For All the Bright Promise
- Lord, Elizabeth (1999). The Bowmaker Girls
- Lord, Elizabeth (2000). Mile End Girl
- Lord, Elizabeth (2001). Brenda's Place
- Lord, Elizabeth (2001). Butterfly Summers
- Lord, Elizabeth. Shadow's of Honour
- Lord, Elizabeth (2002). From Bow to Bond Street
- Lord, Elizabeth (2002). Autumn Skies
- Lord, Elizabeth (2002). Shadow of the Protector
- Lord, Elizabeth (2002). Fortunes Daughter
- Lord, Elizabeth (2004). Company of Rebels
- Lord, Elizabeth (2004). The Flower Girl
- Lord, Elizabeth (2006). Give Me Tomorrow
- Lord, Elizabeth (2006). To Cast a Stone
- Lord, Elizabeth (2006). Winter Wine
- Lord, Elizabeth (2007). A Secret Inheritance
- Lord, Elizabeth (2009). Julia's Way
- Lord, Elizabeth (2010). All That We Are
- Lord, Elizabeth (2012). The Chandelier Ballroom[6]
- Lord, Elizabeth (2013). Illusions of Happiness
- Ford, Maggie (2013). The Soldier's Bride
- Ford, Maggie (2014). A Mother's Love
- Ford, Maggie (2014). Call Nurse Jenny
- Ford, Maggie (2014). A Woman's Place
- Ford, Maggie (2015). The Factory Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2016). A Girl in Wartime
- Ford, Maggie (2016). A Soldier's Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2017). An East End Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2018). The Fisherman's Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2019). Rags to Riches
- Ford, Maggie (2020). The Rag and Bone Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2021). The Flower Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2021). A Brighter Tomorrow
- Ford, Maggie (2021). A Fall from Grace
- Ford, Maggie (2021). A New Dream
- Ford, Maggie (2021). One of the Family
- Ford, Maggie (2021). Affairs of the Heart
- Ford, Maggie (2021). Echoes of the Past
- Ford, Maggie (2022). Mile End Girl
- Ford, Maggie (2022). A New Dream
- Ford, Maggie (2022). A Brighter Tomorrow
- Ford, Maggie (2022). A Fall From Grace
References edit
- ^ a b "Book review: Call Nurse Jenny by Maggie Ford". Blackpool Gazette.
- ^ a b c d e f "I read 50 Shades of Grey and found it a bit boring". Echo.
- ^ a b c "Novelist: Words worked in mysterious ways". East London and West Essex Guardian.
- ^ a b "Book review: The Soldier's Bride by Maggie Ford". Burnley Express.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Give Me Tomorrow by Elizabeth Lord". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "Elizabeth Lord – She just can't stop writing!". 21 April 2012.