Elizabeth Lusk

Elizabeth Lusk (1868 – 30 November 1933) was a New Zealand writer who wrote six romance novels under the pen-name Elizabeth Milton. She was the sister of novelist Rosemary Rees.

Lusk was born in Hokitika in 1868 to William Lee Rees, a barrister and MP. In March 1891 she married Hugh Butler Lusk, a lawyer and cricketer. They had three daughters and a son.

Lusk wrote her first novel, Love and Chiffon, in 1929, and sent it to Mills & Boon under the pen-name of "Elizabeth Milton". This was followed by a further five novels. Her last three novels formed a series set in the early days of New Zealand. Her novels were commercially successful.

She died after a short illness in Napier in November 1933, shortly after her final novel, Strange Horizon, was accepted.

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References

  1. ↑ "NEW ZEALAND NOVELIST". Hawke's Bay Tribune. 22 February 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  2. 1 2 3 "OBITUARY". Gisborne Times. 1 December 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  3. 1 2 3 "OBITUARY: MRS H. B. LUSK". Poverty Bay Herald. 30 November 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  4. ↑ "AN INTERESTING WEDDING". Auckland Star. 24 March 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  5. ↑ "WOMAN'S WORLD". Gisborne Times. 2 March 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Papers Past.
  6. ↑ E. V. Chaffey, "Publishing in New Zealand", in New Zealand Libraries, 1945, p. 38.