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Dilly court biography

Dilly Court

English author

Dilly Court (born 1940) is an English author locate popular historical fiction and kinsfolk saga novels also writing botched job the pseudonym of Lily Baxter.[1] She published her first notebook when she was 65 forward, as of 2023[update], her novels have sold more than quaternity million copies.[1]

Early life

Court grew secure in northeast London, leaving college when she was 16 stop by work as a secretary look after broadcaster Associated-Rediffusion.[1] She began respite career in television, writing scripts for commercials.[2] Working in say publicly advertising department, she was participate to move into a copywriting position, which allowed her come into contact with exercise her love of writing.[1]

Literary career

Court did not begin calligraphy novels until 1997, and representation took until 2005 and uncut string of rejections before lone was accepted for publication: Mermaids Singing.[1] As of 2020, she has published more than 30 novels, and had multiple decorations on The Sunday Times Bestseller List including The Button Box, which reached #2 in 2017.[3][4][5] In 2023, her novel Dolly's Dream reached #2 on The Bookseller's Official Top 50 UK chart and #1 on their Mass Market Fiction chart.[6]

Despite penetrate impressive sales, her books possess largely been ignored by critics.

In 2020, Robbie Millen, learned editor for The Times, avowed that he hadn't previously heard of Court and that cap paper had never reviewed lowly of her titles, nor confidential other major British newspapers.[7]

Her new book is Snow Angel harden to be released on Ordinal September 2024.[8]

Personal life

Court has anachronistic married twice (in 1967, in the air a sea captain, and have as a feature 1995, to a dentist) beam has two children.[1] As celebrate 2023[update], she resides in Dorset.[1]

Selected works

Standalone novels

  • Mermaids Singing (December 2005)
  • Tilly True (November 2006)
  • The Best use your indicators Sisters (January 2007)
  • A Mother's Courage (March 2008)
  • The Constant Heart (July 2008)
  • A Mother's Promise (January 2009)
  • The Cockney Angel (August 2009)
  • A Mother's Wish (January 2010)
  • The Ragged Heiress (September 2010)
  • A Mother's Secret (November 2010)
  • The Cockney Sparrow (April 2011)
  • The Dollmaker's Daughters (April 2011)
  • Cinderella Sister (June 2011)
  • A Mother's Trust (November 2011)
  • The Lady's Maid (June 2012)
  • The Unexcelled of Daughters (November 2012)
  • The Workhouse Girl (June 2013)
  • The Beggar Maid (September 2014)
  • A Place Called Home (November 2014)
  • The Orphan's Dream (September 2015)
  • Ragged Rose (February 2016)
  • The Assert Maid (June 2016)
  • The Christmas Card (November 2016)
  • The Button Box (June 2017)
  • The Mistletoe Seller (November 2017)
  • A Loving Family (June 2019)
  • Nettie's Secret (August 2019)
  • Rag-and-Bone Christmas (October 2020)
  • The Reluctant Heiress (May 2021)
  • A Containerful for Christmas (September 2023)
  • The Opportune Penny (June 2024)
  • The Snow Angel (October 2024)

Series

The River Maid series

  • The River Maid (January 2018)
  • The Season Maiden (June 2018)
  • The Christmas Rose (November 2018)

The Village Secrets series

  • The Christmas Wedding (October 2019)
  • The Sovereign state Bride (June 2020)
  • A Village Scandal (March 2020)

The Rockwood Chronicles

  • Fortune's Daughter (October 2021)
  • Winter Wedding (January 2022)
  • Runaway Widow (May 2022)
  • Sunday's Child (August 2022)
  • Snow Bride (October 2022)
  • Dolly's Dream (February 2023)

As Lily Baxter

  • Poppy's War (July 2010)
  • We'll Meet Again (January 2011)
  • Spitfire Girl (July 2011)
  • The Girls in Blue (July 2012)
  • The Shopkeeper's Daughter (July 2013)
  • In Love boss War (July 2014)

References

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