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ⓘ About Donna Douglas
Donna Douglas is a Sunday Times bestselling writer of Romance and historical fiction author of the Nightingale books. She was raised in South London, where she started making up stories seated in the coal shed in their backyard. She creates heartwarming sagas whose settings are in wartime Britain. Books have always been a rare material in her family, but she got inspired through watching storytellers on TV. The Nightingale novels are set in a hospital in 1930’s East London, which turned out as a success. Helen is always quiet and loves to study, and she is referred to as tell-tale. The rest of the girls don’t trust her because of her formidable mother, a Trustee of the Hospital, and rules the staff and her daughter with an iron fist.
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Who is Donna Douglas?
Donna Douglas is a Sunday Times bestselling writer of Romance and historical fiction author of the Nightingale books. She was raised in South London, where she started making up stories seated in the coal shed in their backyard. She creates heartwarming sagas whose settings are in wartime Britain.
Which Donna Douglas series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Nightingales series, the earliest of Donna Douglas's multi-book series: it opens with The Nightingale Girls (2012) and runs to 14 books across 2012–2025, ending with A Nurse’s Secret (2025). Donna Douglas's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Donna Douglas written?
Donna Douglas has 19 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2025. Every one of them sits in one of 3 named series — the largest being the Nightingales series with 14 books.
In what order should Donna Douglas's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Donna Douglas's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Nightingales (2012–2025, 14 books), Steeple Street (2016–2017, 2 books) and Yorkshire Blitz (2021–2022, 3 books).
How are Donna Douglas's books organised into series?
This guide splits Donna Douglas's 19 books into 3 named series, with no standalone titles: Nightingales (14 books, 2012–2025); Yorkshire Blitz (3 books, 2021–2022); Steeple Street (2 books, 2016–2017).