Elizabeth Hoy
Alice Nina Conarain Hoysradt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alice Nina Conarain 2 February 1898 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 7 November 1982 (age 84) Maidenhead, Berkshire, England |
| Pen name | Elizabeth Hoy, Nina Conarain |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | British |
| Period | 1933–1980 |
| Genre | Romance |
| Spouse | Mr. Hoysradt |
| Partner | Edward Bowyer |
Alice Nina Hoysradt, née Conarain (2 February 1898 — 7 November 1982) was an Irish writer of over 70 romance novels as her maiden name Nina Conarain and under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Hoy from 1933 to 1980.
Biography
Alice Nina Conarain was born in Dublin, Ireland.[1] She married Mr. Hoysradt. She worked as a nurse, secretary-receptionist, and staff member of the Daily News in London.[2] She disliked secretarial work, recalling that "It was decided that I should take a course in shorthand and typing and become a secretary, a prospect that appalled me. But I had no choice. No one believe that I would ever succeed in earning a living with my pen."[3]
She started publishing romance novels in the 1930s at Mills & Boon[2] under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Hoy, she also wrote as Nina Conarain at Arcadia House. Over thirty of her books were published by Harlequin.[3] She was a close friend to writer Nina Boyle.[4]
Conarain died in Maidenhead in 1982, at the age of 84.[5]
Bibliography
As Elizabeth Hoy
- Love in Apron Strings (1933)
- Roses in the Snow (1936)
- Sally in the Sunshine (1937) also published as Nurse Tennant
- Crown For a Lady (1937)
- Shadow of the Hills (1938)
- Stars over Egypt (1938)
- You Belong to Me (1938)
- You Took My Heart (1939) also published as Doctor Garth
- June for Enchantment (1939)
- Mirage for Love (1939)
- Runaway Bride (1939)
- Enchanted Wilderness (1940)
- Heart, Take Care! (1940)
- It Had to be You (1940)
- You Can't Lose Yesterday (1940)
- I'll Find You Again (1941)
- Take Love Easy (1941)
- Come Back My Dream (1942) also published as Nurse in Training
- Hearts at Random (1942)
- Proud Citadel (1942)[6]
- Ask Only Love (1943)
- One Step from Heaven (1943)
- You Can't Live Alone (1943)
- Give Me New Wings (1944)
- Sylvia Sorelle (1944)
- Heart's Haven (1945)
- It's Wise to Forget (1945)
- Dear Stranger (1946)
- Sword in the Sun (1946)
- To Win a Paradise (1947)
- The Dark Loch (1948)
- Though I Bid Farewell (1948)
- Background to Hyacinthe (1949)
- Immortal Morning (1949)
- Silver Maiden (1951)[7]
- The Web of Love (1951)
- When You Have Found Me (1951)
- White Hunter (1951)
- The Enchanted (1952)
- Fanfare for Lovers (1953)
- If Love Were Wise (1954)
- So Loved and So Far (1954)
- Who Loves Believes (1954)[8]
- Snare the Wild Heart (1955)
- Young Doctor Kirkdene (1955)
- Because of Doctor Danville (1956)
- My Heart Has Wings (1957)
- Do Something Dangerous (1958)[9]
- City of Dreams (1959)
- Dark Horse, Dark Rider (1960)
- Dear Fugitive (1960)[10]
- The Door Into the Rose Garden (1961)
- Heart, Have You No Wisdom? (1962)
- Her Wild Voice Singing (1963)
- Homeward the Heart (1964)[11]
- Flowering Desert (1965)[12]
- The Faithless One (1966)
- Honeymoon Holiday (1967)
- My Secret Love (1967)
- Be More Than Dreams (1968)
- Music I Heard with You (1969)
- It Happened in Paris (1970)[13]
- Into a Golden Land (1971)
- African Dream (1971)
- Immortal Flower (1972)
- That Island Summer (1973)
- The Girl in the Green Valley (1973)[14]
- Shadows on the Sand (1974)
- The Blue Jacaranda (1975)
- Black Opal (1975)
- When the Dream Fades (1980)
As Nina Conarain
- "O'Toole's Miracle" (1935, short story)[15]
- "The Temperance Tent" (1935, short story)[16]
- 365 Days (1936, a short-short story collection co-edited with Kay Boyle and Laurence Vail)[17][18]
- Give Me New Wings (1945)
- Shatter the Rainbow (1946)
- For Love's Sake Only (1951)
References and sources
- ^ James Vinson; D. L. Kirkpatrick (1982), Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers, Macmillan, p. 898
- ^ a b McAleer, Joseph (28 October 1999). Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon. OUP Oxford. pp. 71, 82. ISBN 978-0-19-154225-1.
- ^ a b Jensen, Margaret Ann (1984). Love's $weet Return: The Harlequin Story. Popular Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-87972-318-7.
- ^ Joan Mellen (1994). Kay Boyle. Internet Archive. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. pp. 262–263, 281–282, 379. ISBN 978-0-374-18098-0.
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, and the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, both via Ancestry.
- ^ Hoy, Elizabeth (1980). Proud citadel. Internet Archive. Romance Treasury Association. ISBN 978-0-373-04065-0.
- ^ United States Copyright Office (1946). 1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (O-Z).
- ^ Hoy, Elizabeth (1965). Who loves believes. Internet Archive. Toronto ; Winnipeg : Harlequin.
- ^ Elizabeth, Hoy (1960). Do Something Dangerous. Harlequin Books.
- ^ Hoy, Elizabeth (1980). Dear fugitive. Internet Archive. Toronto ; Los Angeles : Harlequin Classic Library. ISBN 978-0-373-80037-7.
- ^ Hoy, Elizabeth (1983). Homeward the heart. Internet Archive. Harlequin Classic Library. ISBN 978-0-373-80120-6.
- ^ Elizabeth Hoy (1 January 1966). Flowering desert (Harlequin romance). Internet Archive. Harlequin.
- ^ Hoy, Elizabeth (1972). It happened in Paris. Internet Archive. Toronto : Harlequin Books. ISBN 978-0-373-01538-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Hoy, Elizabeth (1973). The girl in the green valley. Internet Archive. London : Mills & Boon. ISBN 978-0-263-05525-2.
- ^ Conarain, Nina (23 August 1935). "O'Toole's Miracle". Evening Standard. p. 22. Retrieved 20 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Conaráin, Nina (19 February 1935). "The Temperance Tent". Evening Standard. p. 18. Retrieved 20 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Chambers, M. Clark (2002). Kay Boyle : a bibliography. Internet Archive. Winchester : St. Paul's Bibliographies ; New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press. pp. x. ISBN 978-1-58456-063-0.
- ^ "Books". Newsweek: 55. 14 November 1936 – via Internet Archive.