Jill MacLean (born 1941 in England) is a Canadian writer of

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books and, under the pseudonyms of Sandra Field, Jan MacLean and Jocelyn Haley, a popular author of over 70

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s for

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since 1974.

Biography

Jill MacLean was born in 1941 in England. In 1950, her family moved to

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, Canada. She graduated in Science with honours from Dalhousie University. After her graduation, she married, and worked on metal-induced rancidity of cod fillets at the Fisheries Research Board, until her daughter was born. Following the birth of her son, she was employed by the pathology laboratory of Sydney City Hospital and the biology department of

Mount Allison University Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839. Mount Allison was the first university in the British Empire to award a baccal ...

. When her husband joined the armed forces as a chaplain, the family moved 3 times in the first 18 months. Her children went to the school, and she did not consider to work. She read a dozen romance novels, and began to write. When she was published in 1974, she decided to use pseudonyms to avoid that her congregation knew, that the chaplain's wife wrote romances. She published her romance novels as Sandra Field and Jocelyn Haley, and in collaboration with other Maritimer writer she wrote as Jan MacLean. She also wrote under her real name a historical biography, a collection of poetry and now to please her grandson, Stuart, she writes also children's books. Jill is a member of The

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. She completed a Masters in Theological Studies at the

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. Before she turned 40, her life was changed, she had lost three of the most important women in her life: her mother and sister to illness, and her seventeen-year-old daughter to a car accident. She separated from her husband in 1976 Jill now lives in

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, is grandmother of two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Awards

* Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature * The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy: 2010 Atlantic Book Awards.

Bibliography

As Sandra Field

Single Novels

* To Trust My Love (1974) * Scent of Apples (1975) * Winds of Winter (1980) * Storms of Spring (1981) * Sight of a Stranger (1981) * Walk by My Side (1982) * Attraction of Opposites (1983) * A Mistake in Identity (1983) * The Tides of Summer (1983) * Mackenzie Country (1983) * Change of Heart (1984) * Out of Wedlock (1985) * World of Difference (1985) * One in a Million (1986) * Ideal Match (1986) * Single Combat (1987) * Love in a Mist (1988) * Chase a Rainbow (1988) * The Right Man (1988) * Goodbye Forever (1989) * Ring of Gold (1989) * The Land of Maybe (1990) * Love at First Sight (1990) * Happy Ending (1991) * Safety in Numbers (1991) * Taken by Storm (1992) * One-Night Stand (1992) * Travelling Light (1993) * The Dating Game (1994) * Wildfire (1994) * The Sun at Midnight (1994) * Untouched (1995) * Honeymoon for Three (1996) * Seducing Nell (1997) * Up Close and Personal! (1997) * Girl Trouble (1998) * Remarried in Haste (1998) * The Mother of His Child (1999) * Jared's Love-Child (1999) * Contract Bridegroom (2000) * Expecting His Baby (2001) * The Mistress Deal (2001) * Pregnancy of Convenience (2002) * On the Tycoon's Terms (2002) * Surrender to Marriage (2004) * The English Aristocrat's Bride (2005) * His One-Night Mistress (2005) * The Millionaire's Pregnant Wife (2006) * The Jet-Set Seduction (2006) * The Billionaire's Virgin Mistress (2008)

Significant Others Series

# Beyond Reach (1995) # Second Honeymoon (1995) # After Hours (1996)

Millionaire Marriages Series

# The Millionaire's Marriage Demand (2003) # The Tycoon's Virgin Bride (2003)

Wed Again Series

* Remarried in Haste (1998)

Man Talk Series Multi-Author

* Girl Trouble (1998)

Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author

* Jared's Love-Child (1999)

Expecting! Series Multi-Author

* Expecting His Baby (2001) * Pregnancy of Convenience (2002)

For Love or Money Series Multi-Author

* His One-Night Mistress (2005)

Omnibus In Collaboration

* Blind to Love (1997) (with Catherine George) * Bodyguards (1997) (with Elizabeth Oldfield) * Boardroom Baby (2003) (with

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and Kim Lawrence) * Pregnant Brides (2004) (with

and Carol Marinelli) * Hot Summer Loving (2004) (with

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and Miranda Lee) * His Virgin Lover (2006) (with

Sara Craven Anne Ashurst (née Bushell; October 1938 in Devon, England – 15 November 2017), who wrote using the pseudonym Sara Craven, was a British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels were published by Mills & Boon from 1975. In 2010 she became ...

and Susan Napier) * The Tycoon's Virgin (2007) (with

Daphne Clair Daphne Clair de Jong, née ''Williams'' (born 1939 in Dargaville, Northland) is a popular New Zealand writer of over 75 romance novels since 1977 as Daphne Clair and Daphne de Jong, and under the pseudonyms Laurey Bright, Clair Lorel, and Clar ...

and Cathy Williams) * Married to a Millionaire (2007) (with Margaret Mayo and Lee Wilkinson) * One Passionate Night (2008) (with

Robyn Donald Robyn Donald (born 14 August 1940) is a prolific New Zealand writer of romance novels since 1977. Her books have print runs of up to 500,000 copies at a time. Biography Donald was born in Warkworth where her father owned a dairy farm. She tra ...

and Miranda Lee) * Jet-Set Summer Affairs (2009) (with

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and Sarah Morgan) * To Claim His Secret Son (2009) (with

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and Julia James) * Her Lover Tycoon (2010) (with Amanda Browning and Lee Wilkinson) * The Right Bride (2010) (with

and

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)

As Jill MacLean

Historical biography

* Jean Pierre Roma (1977)

Poetry

* The Brevity of Red (2003)

Children's Fiction

* The Nine Lives of Travis Keating (2008) * The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy (2009) * Home Truths (2010) * The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden (2013)

As Jan MacLean

Single Novels

* To Begin Again (1978) * Bitter Homecoming (1978) * Early Summer (1979) * White Fire (1979) * Island Loving (1980) * All Our Tomorrows (1982)

Omnibus In Collaboration

* The Enchanted Woods / To Begin Again / Handful of Stardust (1986) (with

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and Yvonne Whittal)

As Jocelyn Haley

Single Novels

* Love Wild and Free (1981) * Winds of Desire (1982) * La Nymphe de Sioux Lake (1983) * Romance D'Automne (1983) * Serenade for a Lost Love (1983) * Cry of the Falcon (1983) * Shadows in the Sun (1984) * Dream of Darkness (1985) * Drive the Night Away (1988) * A Time to Love (1989)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maclean, Jill Canadian romantic fiction writers 1941 births Living people Canadian women novelists English emigrants to Canada Canadian women romantic fiction writers