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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1961
  • Latest Book:
    September 1966
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About the Author

Elizabeth Houghton Blanchet was born on 1 March 1913 in Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was one of the five chindren of Muriel Wylie Liffiton, also a writer, and Geoffrey Orme Banchet, a banker. She studied nursing, and she met J. Gilzean in Bermuda, where he was stationed, and they married. In 1946, the family moved to England. The marriage ended in divorce, and later she remarried with J. Parry. She worked as nurse and freelance journalist, before worked as novelist.

Elizabeth wrote under three penames: Elizabeth Gilzean, Elizabeth Houghton and Mary Hunton. Houghton was her middle name and Hunton, was their paternal grandmother's maiden name.

Elizabeth passed away on 12 October 1995 in England.

Book List in Order: 3 titles



    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Because June was the daughter of a famous surgeon who frequently discussed his work and problems with her, she grew up to know more than the average young girl about hospital life. Thus equipped, she entered her nursing career confidently, thinking s...



    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Often as Hilary assisted in the operating theatre, she wondered which was the real John Kirkall -- the ambitious, apparently unfeeling surgeon or the hesitant man who showed signs of having a heart. But her superior in the theatre did not look like g...



  • St. Edgar's was an old hospital with fine traditions, but there was plenty of room for modernization. Planned changes brought conflict between the generations...and also between Staff Nurse Averil Richards and the administrative office, Peter War...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mary Hunton has published 3 books.

Mary Hunton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sister for Tomorrow // Nurse Averil's Ward, was published in September 1966.

The first book by Mary Hunton, Nurse Blade's First Week, was published in January 1961.

No. Mary Hunton does not write books in series.