Elizabeth Mary Fancourt was born on 12 January 1921 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She studied at Berkhamsted School. She worked as medical secretary, and during the World War II, she served at Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
As Elizabeth Harrison, she wrote romance novels from 1965 to 1995, she specialized in medical romances. She was the ninth elected Chairman (1977-1979) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
She passed away on 26 February 2008 in Surrey, England, UK.