Nora Sanderson
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14 February 1905
- Romance novelist
- children's writer
- short story writer
- nurse
Nora Sanderson | |
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| Born | Nora Brocas 14 February 1905 Ōpōtiki, New Zealand |
| Died | 2 March 1975 (aged 70) Templeton, New Zealand |
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| Spouse |
Frederick Sanderson (m. 1934) |
| Children | 6 |
Nora Sanderson (née Brocas; 14 February 1905 – 2 March 1975) was a New Zealand writer of romance novels, children's books and short stories, and nurse. She wrote 21 novels during her lifetime, mainly for the publisher Mills & Boon.
Sanderson was born on 14 February 1905 in Ōpōtiki,[1][2] the daughter of a farming family.[3] She spent most of her children on a farm at Hokianga but attended Auckland schools.[4] She trained as a nurse at the hospital in Rawene and worked in the Auckland area until her marriage.[1] Her husband, Frederick Sanderson, was a Methodist minister and they had five sons and one daughter; later in life they lived in Templeton, in the South Island near Christchurch.[5][3]
Having written short stories for radio and newspapers since she was a teenager,[4][5] Sanderson's first successful book was a children's story called The Puppy Cat published in 1953.[1] It was used by the Education Department for education in schools and serialised by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation for radio.[3]
