Janice Elliott

Janice Elliott (1931–1995) was an English writer and journalist.^[1] She was born in Derbyshire and raised in Nottingham. She studied English at St. Anne's College, Oxford University. She pursued a career in journalism, working for House and Garden and the Sunday Times among others. She became a full-time writer in 1962. She published numerous books, starting with her debut novel Cave With Echoes.

She was married to Robert Cooper, an oil executive and sailor, and lived in Partridge Green, Sussex, for many years before retiring to Cornwall. She died in 1995.

Her published works are as follows:

• Figures in the Sand (1994)
• City of Gates (1993)
• The noise from the zoo: and other stories (1992)
• Necessary rites (1991)
• Life on the Nile (1990)
• The King awakes (1989)
• Dr Gruber's daughter (1989)
• The sword and the dream (1989)
• The sadness of witches (1988)
• The empty throne (1988)
• The Italian lesson (1987)
• The incompetent dragon (1984)
• Secret places (1984)
• Magic (1984)
• The country of her dreams (1982)
• Summer people (1980)
• The honey tree (1978)
• The birthday unicorn (1977)
• A loving eye (1977)
• Heaven on earth (1975)
• Private life (1974)
• A state of peace (1973)
• Alexander in the land of Mog (1973)
• The kindling (1970)
• Angels falling (1969)
• The buttercup chain (1967)
• The godmother (1966)
• The Somnambulists (1964)
• Cave with echoes (1962)

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