She studied at Durham Hill School for girls and Le Manoir on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. She obtained her B.A. at Durham University. After getting married and giving birth to daughter Vicky, Hill played the organ and ran Sunday School.

She started writing accidentally, when her about 10-year-old daughter took one of her books to school. She continued writing and eventually wrote eight books about Marjorie & Co, all of which she illustrated herself. The books were officially published in 1948.Vicky was also the reason for the A Dream of Sadler's Wells' series - to be created, because Hill missed her a lot after she had left for Sadler Wells ballet school (now the Royal Ballet School) in London.In mid-1960s she was asked to write a biography on dancer Marie Taglioni. This became La Sylphide. Two adult novels followed in 1978 but Lorna stopped writing following a series of serious operations.

Marjorie series

1. Marjorie and Co (1948)
2. Stolen Holiday (1948)
3. Border Peel (1950)
4. Northern Lights (1999)
5. Castle in Northumbria (1953)
6. No Medals for Guy (1962)

Sadlers Wells series

1. A Dream of Sadlers Wells (1950)
2. Veronica at the Wells (1951)
3. Masquerade at the Wells (1952)
4. No Castanets at the Wells (1953)
5. Jane Leaves the Wells (1953)
6. Ella at the Wells (1954)
7. Return to the Wells (1955)
8. Rosanna Joins the Wells (1956)
9. Principal Rôle (1957)
10. Swan Feather (1958)
11. Dress-Rehearsal (1959)
12. Back-Stage (1960)
13. Vicki in Venice (1962)
14. The Secret (1964)

Patience series

1. They Called Her Patience (1951)
2. It Was All Through Patience (1952)
3. So Guy Came Too (1954)
4. The Five Shilling Holiday (1955)

Dancing Peel series

1. Dancing Peel (1954)
2. Dancer's Luck (1955)
3. The Little Dancer (1956)
4. Dancer in the Wings (1958)
5. Dancer in Danger (1960)
6. Dancer on Holiday (1962)

The Vicarage Children series

1. The Vicarage Children (1961)
2. More About Mandy (1963)
3. The Vicarage Children in Skye (1966)

Adult Books

1. La Sylphide, The Life of Marie Taglioni (1967)
2. The Scent of Rosemary (1978)
3. The Other Miss Perkin (1978)

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