- Margot Bennett
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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)
References
- Obituary, The Times, 6 December 1980
- "Do You Write Under Your Own Name?". Martin Edwards' Crime Writing Blog. http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/2008/03/mystery-of-margot-bennett.html. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- "Margot Bennett Bibliography". Classic Crime Fiction. http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/margot-bennett.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- "Margot Bennett (II)". Imdb. http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0071909/. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- Margot Bennett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:- 1912 births
- 1980 deaths
- Scottish writers
- Scottish crime fiction writers
- People from Lenzie
- Scottish science fiction writers
- Scottish writer stubs
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