Margot Bennett

Margot Bennett

Margot Bennett (Lenzie, Scotland, 1912 - 6 December 1980) was a writer of crime and thriller novels. She was educated in Scotland and Australia. Worked as a copywriter in Sydney and London, and as a nurse during the Spanish Civil War. She also wrote science fiction, including The Long Way Back, about African colonization of Britain following a nuclear holocaust.[1]

Bibliography

  • Time to Change Hats (1945)
  • Away Went the Little Fish (1946)
  • The Golden Pebble (1948)
  • The Widow of Bath (1952)
  • Farewell Crown and Goodbye King (1952)
  • The Long Way Back (1955)
  • The Man Who Didn't Fly (1955); shortlisted for Gold Dagger Award
  • Someone from the Past (1958); Gold Dagger Award
  • That Summer's Earthquake (1964)

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