Deaths on October 3

Lucilla Andrews

Died on October 3, 2006

Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)

Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton (born 20 November 1919 in Suez, Egypt – d. 3 October 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British writer of 33 romance novels from 1954 to 1996. As Lucilla Andrews she specialised in hospital romances, and under the pen names Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus wrote mystery romances.

She was a founding member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award.

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Deaths on October 3

Lucilla Andrews

Died on October 3, 2006

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