Anne Lorraine was the principal pseudonym of Lilian Mary Slatcher Chisholm (also published as Jane Alan), a British romance novelist best known for medical, nurse, and contemporary romance fiction published between the 1940s and early 1980s.
Real name: Lilian Mary Slatcher Chisholm
Pen names: Anne Lorraine, Jane Alan
Born: March 28, 1906, England
Died: January 4, 2000
Nationality: British
Genres: Medical romance, contemporary romance, nurse fiction
Writing career: Approximately 1944–1981
Publishers: Included Mills & Boon and Harlequin, among other British publishers. Many of her novels were reissued internationally, especially in North America.
Books as Anne Lorraine:
1944 – Night Sister (later retitled The Hospital World of Susan Wray)
1945 – Yours Sincerely
1947 – Hospital Summer
1948 – The Young Matron
1949 – Nurse at Seacroft
1950 – The Golden Hour
1951 – The House on the Hill
1952 – Feather in the Wind
1952 – If Only I Knew
1953 – Hospital Holiday
1954 – Hotel Nurse
1955 – Emergency Nurse
1956 – Hospital on Wheels
1957 – Thursday Clinic
1957 – My Dear Doctor
1958 – First, the Doctor
1958 – Send for Doctor
1960 – Patient for Doctor Gaird
1961 – If the Heart Hath Pity
1962 – Good Night, Nurse
1963 – A Nurse About the Place
1963 – Ring for the Doctor
1965 – The Hospital World of Susan Wray (Harlequin reissue)
1966 – Roses by the Dozen
1967 – Dear Partner
1968 – The Dandelion Field
1969 – A Time of Wishing
1970 – From Sammy with Love
1971 – No Through Road
1973 – So Short a Summer
1974 – In Search of Yesterday
1976 – So Fleeting a Dream
1978 – In Search of a Star
1981 – My Father’s Daughter
Collectible Books Values
Common paperback reprints – $3–10
Good condition Harlequin editions – $5–15
First UK hardcover editions – $20–50
Scarce early 1940s–1950s first editions with dust jackets – $50–125+
Exceptional signed copies – Rare; values vary considerably
Collectors most frequently seek:
Night Sister (1944 first edition)
Hospital on Wheels
Emergency Nurse
Thursday Clinic
Good Night, Nurse
The Hospital World of Susan Wray