Hilda Nickson
Hilda Hammie Nickson , nee Hilda Pressley , pseudonym Hilda Preston (born November 18, 1912 in Maltby , United Kingdom , † 1977 ) was a British author of over 60 romance and family novels . She was vice president of the Romantic Novelists' Association .
biography
Hilda Pressley was married to the Wild West novelist Arthur (Thomas) Nickson (aka Arthur Hodson, Roy Peters, John Saunders and Matt Winstan; 1902–1974).
She published her first novel as Hilda Nickson with Herbert Jenkins in the 1950s before she was signed to Mills & Boon under her married name and as Hilda Pressley. Most of her novels were republished under the Harlequin brand , sometimes with different titles. Her first novels were popular doctor-sister romances; Triangle stories often appeared in their plots; The locations were often in Italy or Spain.
Works
As Hilda Nickson
Source: Fantastic Fiction
Single novels
- Love is the Anchor (1957) also A Kiss for Elaine
- The Tender Heart (1957)
- Her Foolish Heart (1958) also Nurse Foster's Foolish Heart
- The Gentle Wind (1958)
- He Whom I Love (1959) also Doctor Phillip
- With You Beside Me (1959)
- Love the Physician (1960)
- Staff Nurse At St. Christopher's (1961)
- Quayside Hospital (1962)
- Sister of Nightingale (1963)
- Tender Nurse (1963)
- For Love of a Surgeon (1964)
- Forest Hospital (1964)
- The World of Nurse Mitchell (1964)
- Wind over the Broads (1964)
- Sister at Butlin's (1965)
- Take My Hand (1965)
- Season of Mists (1966) also Nurse Adele
- Sisters in Love (1966)
- Surgeon at Witteringham (1966)
- A Friend of the Family (1967)
- Until you came (1967)
- Gather Then the Rose (1968)
- Fair Blows the Wind (1969)
- Moonlight on the Water (1969)
- This Desirable Residence (1969)
- To My Dear Niece (1970)
- On a May Morning (1970)
- No Enemy (1971)
- The Sweet Spring (1972)
- Surgeon's Return (1973)
- Lord of the Forest (1973)
- To Have and to Hold (1974)
- Story of Love (1974)
- Island in the Sun (1975)
- To Care Again (1977)
- Now with His Love (1977)
- Voyage of Discovery (1987)
- So Tempting an Offer (1988)
Series
- Junior Theater Sister (1962) also Operation Love
- Surgeons in Love (1962) also Something Personal
Anthologies
- It Began in Te Rangi / The Gentle Flame / To My Dear Niece (1976) (with Gloria Bevan and Katrina Britt )
As Hilda Pressley
Source: Fantastic Fiction
Single novels
- Theater Sister (1960) also Theater Nurse
- Night Nurse Lucy (1960) also Night Nurse
- Love, the Surgeon (1961)
- Staff Nurse on Gynae (1961)
- Staff Nurses in Love (1962)
- Night Admission (1962)
- Night Sister in Charge (1963) also Night Superintendent
- The Gentle Surgeon (1963)
- Journey to Love (1964)
- Nurse's Dilemma (1965)
- Where Lies the Fault (1965)
- Senior Staff Nurse (1966)
- The Newcomer (1966)
- Venetian Love Song (1966)
- A Love of Her Own (1967)
- Man of the Forest (1968)
- Suddenly, It Was Spring (1968)
- Man in Possession (1969)
- More Than Gold (1969)
- To the Highest Bidder (1970)
- Summer to Remember (1971)
- Harbinger of Spring (1971)
- When Winter Has Gone (1971)
Anthologies
- Deep in the Forest / Lord of the Forest / When Winter Has Gone (1981) (with Joyce Dingwell and Rachel Ford )
As Hilary Preston
Single novels
- Night Sister in Love (1959)
- Nurse Jane and Doctor John (1961) also A Life to Share (1962)
- Nurse Angela (1961)
- Man of the Trees (1978)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Romantic Novelists' Association - Past RNA Officers. In: rna-uk.org. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009 ; accessed on January 30, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Leslie Gilbert Pine: Add to Cart Sign in to turn on 1-click ordering 3 Used from $ 15.80 See All Buying Options Add to Wish List Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon See this image The Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 1960 edition . 4th edition. Burkke's Peerage Limited, 1960.
- ↑ Hilda Nickson. In: fantasticfiction.co.uk. Accessed January 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Hilda Pressley. In: fantasticfiction.co.uk. Accessed January 30, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nickson, Hilda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nickson, Hilda Hammie; Pressley, Hilda (maiden name); Preston, Hilda (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maltby , United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1977 |