Alice Nina Hoysradt, née Conarain (2 February 1898 — 7 November 1982) was an Irish writer of over 70 romance novels as her maiden name Nina Conarain and under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Hoy from 1933 to 1980.

Alice Nina Conarain was born in Dublin, Ireland. She married Mr. Hoysradt. She worked as a nurse, secretary-receptionist, and staff member of the Daily News in London. She disliked secretarial work, recalling that "It was decided that I should take a course in shorthand and typing and become a secretary, a prospect that appalled me. But I had no choice. No one believe that I would ever succeed in earning a living with my pen."

She started publishing romance novels in the 1930s at Mills & Boon under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Hoy, she also wrote as Nina Conarain at Arcadia House. Over thirty of her books were published by Harlequin. She was a close friend to writer Nina Boyle.

Conarain died in Maidenhead in 1982, at the age of 84.