Maggie Ford

Maggie Ford, also known as Elizabeth Lord was a British writer.

Early life and family

Maggie Ford was born Ivy May Lord in London, England in 1928. She became interested in writing when she retired from her full time job and wrote her first novel at the age of sixty six.
Her first husband died in 1954, from a tragic accident at work. She re-married and then started a nursery / garden centre with her second husband.

Career

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.
In the 1970s, she started writing romantic stories for various magazines.
In 1994, she published her first novel, Stolen Years.
Her first historical romantic work Company of Rebels, published in 2004, has sold in the United Kingdom and the United States.
In 2006, her next romantic fiction novel, Give Me Tomorrow, was published. Later, Publishers Weekly reviewed the novel.
In 2013, her novel, The Soldier's Bride, was published which was later reviewed by Burnley Express.
In 2014, her novel, Call Nurse Jenny, was published. The novel was reviewed by Blackpool Gazette.
During her writing career, she was a member of Brentwood Writers' Circle, Billericay Arts Group as well as the Romanic Novelist Association.