Nan Rogers was born on a farm in Lincolnshire and educated at Tathwell and Scamblesby Church of England primary schools. She married Norman Rogers in 1947 and they had three daughters.
Nan studied nursing and became a State Registered Nurse and a State Certified Midwife. Her life has been committed to health and community care and she was a pioneer of rehabilitation in Adelaide. In 1956 she bought the run-down Winchester Private Hostpital in Adelaide, converting it into a rehabilitation hospital and working for twenty two years as its matron.
She was the co-founder of the National Organisation for Private Hospitals in 1962, and the founder of Geriatric and Hospitals Association SA in 1959. In 1966 she became the first woman to be elected to Unley City Council and served as an alderman until 1979. She has served on the boards of many arts, health and community organisations, as well as being a member of several choirs and literary groups. She moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland, in 1980.
As well as her historical novels, Nan has written the non-fiction history, Ram: the Man. The Legend (1999) and a biography of John McIlwain, a cerebral palsy victim, John and his Determination to be Independent (2000).
