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Joan Coggin

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Joan Coggin
Born(1898-07-22)22 July 1898
Lemsford, Hertfordshire, England
Died11 August 1980(1980-08-11) (aged 82)
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
Pen nameJoanna Lloyd
Occupation
Genre
Literary movementGolden Age of Detective Fiction

Joan Coggin (22 July 1898 – 11 August 1980) was a British crime writer during the golden age of detective fiction. She also wrote children's novels under the pseudonym Joanna Lloyd.

Early life

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Coggin was born in Lemsford, Hertfordshire in 1898, the daughter of the Revd Frederick Ernest Coggin (1859–1947) and his wife Clara (née Lloyd) (1866–1906); Clara Lloyd was the daughter of the publisher Edward Lloyd. At the time of her birth, her father was Vicar of Lemsford (1891–1905); his successor, the Revd A.E. Ward (1905–1920), was the father of the society osteopath, Stephen Ward.[1]

Joan Coggin was one of four children. Her siblings were:

Immediately prior to her mother's early death, Coggin's father retired to Eastbourne; on her death he was left the large sum of £54,871[6] (worth £4m in 2017). Apart from her schooling, Coggin lived the rest of her life in Eastbourne.[7]

Coggin attended Wycombe Abbey School from 1911 to 1916, and was then a ward nurse at the De Walden Court Military Hospital in Eastbourne during the remainder of the First World War.[8]

Literary career

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Her crime novels featured Lady Lupin Lorimer Hastings, a clergyman's wife, as her detective. She also wrote children's novels under a pseudonym.

List of works

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Coggin's first novel was And Why Not Knowing (1929).[9]

Crime novels

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  • Who Killed the Curate? (1944). Republished 2023.[10]
  • The Mystery at Orchard House (1944). Republished 2003.
  • Penelope Passes or Why Did She Die? (1947). Republished 2003.
  • Dancing with Death (1947). Republished 2022.[11]

Children's novels

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She also wrote children's novels as Joanna Lloyd.[12]

  • Betty of Turner House (1935).
  • Girls’ Adventure Book (1935).

Most of her children's novels were in a series called Bramber Manor.

  • Catherine Goes to School (1945).
  • Jane Runs Away from School (1946).
  • Catherine, Head of the House (1947).
  • Audrey, A New Girl (1948).
  • Three New Girls (1949).

Personal life

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Coggin was unmarried; she died in 1980. She died at Southfields Nursing Home in Eastbourne.[13] Her funeral was a requiem mass at St Michael and All Angels in Eastbourne[14] and she was buried at Ocklynge Cemetery.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "St John's, Lemsford: History". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "National Archives: Eleanora Coggin". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "The Independent: "Janet Coggin – The Spy Who Lied to Me", 28 March 1999". Independent.co.uk. 28 March 1999. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Tower and Town: Russian Studies at Marlborough". Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  5. ^ "A Meads Engagement", Eastbourne Gazette, 7 December 1938, p 3.
  6. ^ Probate Register, 1906, p 113.
  7. ^ "Death of Miss Joan Coggin", Eastbourne Gazette, 20 August 1980, p 2.
  8. ^ "Death of Miss Joan Coggin", Eastbourne Gazette, 20 August 1980, p 2.
  9. ^ J.O.B., "Review: And Why Not Knowing", Eastbourne Chronicle, 21 September 1929, p 11.
  10. ^ "Galileo Publishing: Who Killed the Curate?". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Galileo Publishing: Dancing with Death". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Good Reads: Joanna Lloyd". Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Death of Miss Joan Coggin", Eastbourne Gazette, 20 August 1980, p 2.
  14. ^ "Death of Miss Joan Coggin", Eastbourne Gazette, 20 August 1980, p 2.
  15. ^ St Michael and All Angels, Eastbourne, parish burials register 1962-1982, page 42.