Elizabeth Lusk (1868 – 30 November 1933) was a New Zealand writer who wrote six romance novels under the pen-name Elizabeth Milton. She was the sister of novelist Rosemary Rees.[1]

Lusk was born in Hokitika in 1868 to William Lee Rees, a barrister and MP.[2][3] In March 1891 she married Hugh Butler Lusk, a lawyer and cricketer.[4] They had three daughters and a son.[3]

Lusk wrote her first novel, Love and Chiffon, in 1929, and sent it to Mills & Boon under the pen-name of "Elizabeth Milton".[5] This was followed by a further five novels.[2] Her last three novels formed a series set in the early days of New Zealand.[2] Her novels were commercially successful.[6]

She died after a short illness in Napier in November 1933, shortly after her final novel, Strange Horizon, was accepted.[3]

Works

  • Love and Chiffon (1929)
  • Wand'ring Wood (1930)
  • Desert Quest (1931)
  • They Called Her Faith (1932)
  • Waimana (1934)
  • Strange Horizon (1934)

References

  1. ^ "NEW ZEALAND NOVELIST". Hawke's Bay Tribune. 22 February 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ a b c "OBITUARY". Gisborne Times. 1 December 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  3. ^ a b c "OBITUARY: MRS H. B. LUSK". Poverty Bay Herald. 30 November 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  4. ^ "AN INTERESTING WEDDING". Auckland Star. 24 March 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  5. ^ "WOMAN'S WORLD". Gisborne Times. 2 March 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  6. ^ E. V. Chaffey, "Publishing in New Zealand", in New Zealand Libraries, 1945, p. 38.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Lusk
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