Nancy Buckingham Sawyer
BornNancy Joyce Buckingham
(1924-08-10)10 August 1924
Bristol, England
Died8 September 2022(2022-09-08) (aged 98)
Pen nameNancy Buckingham,
Christina Abbey,
Erica Quest,
Nancy John,
Hilary London
OccupationCo-novelist
NationalityBritish
Period1967–1992
Genregothic, romance
SpouseJohn Sawyer (1949–1992)
Children2

Nancy Joyce Buckingham Sawyer (10 August 1924 – 8 September 2022) was a British writer who co-authored over 45 gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer (4 October 1919 – 19 September 1992). She became the eighth elected Chairman (1975–1977) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and was later one of its vice-presidents.

Biography

Buckingham was born in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. In 1949 she married John Sawyer and they had a son and a daughter, David and Helen. For years she worked as a medical social worker and he as a director of a London advertising firm.[1] The two wrote gothic and romance novels in collaboration beginning in 1967, under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham, and later under the pseudonyms Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John and Hilary London. Their last novel was released in 1992, when John died. Nancy died on 8 September 2022, at the age of 98.[2][3]

Bibliography

As Nancy Buckingham

Single novels

As Christina Abbey

Single novels

As Erica Quest

Single novels

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox Series

  1. Death Walk (1988/May)
  2. Cold Coffin (1990/May)
  3. Model Murder (1991/Mar)
  4. Deadly Deceit (1992/Jun)

As Nancy John

Single novels

As Hilary London

Single novels

References

  1. ^ James Vinson and D. L. Kirkpatrick, ed. (1982), Twentieth-century romance and gothic writers
  2. ^ "Nancy Joyce Sawyer". Probate Search. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "MS Nancy Joyce Sawyer". England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2022. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ Nancy Buckingham at fantasticfiction
  5. ^ Erica Quest at fantasticfiction
  6. ^ Nancy John at fantasticfiction