Margaret Forster (1938–2016)
Author of Lady's Maid
About the Author
Margaret Forster was born in Carlisle, England on May 25, 1938. She read history at Somerville College, Oxford. Before her writing career took off, she was a teacher at a girls' school. She is the author of over 40 books of fiction and non-fiction. Her novel include Mother, Can You Hear Me?, Have show more the Men Had Enough?, Lady's Maid, Private Papers, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Over, Isa and May, The Unknown Bridesmaid, and How to Measure a Cow. Georgy Girl, published in 1965, was made into a film starring Lynn Redgrave in 1966. She has written several memoirs including Hidden Lives, Precious Lives, and My Life in Houses. Her biography Elizabeth Barrett Browning won the Heinemann award and her 1993 biography of Daphne du Maurier won the Fawcett book prize and was filmed for the BBC as Daphne in 2007. She also wrote a history of feminism entitled Significant Sisters in 1984. She died of cancer on February 8, 2016 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Margaret Forster
The Bogeyman 6 copies
Dames' Delight 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Forster, Margaret
- Birthdate
- 1938-05-25
- Date of death
- 2016-02-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Loweswater, Cumbria, UK - Education
- Carlisle and County High School for Girls
Somerville College, Oxford University (BA|1960) - Occupations
- novelist
memoirist
biographer - Relationships
- Davies, Hunter (husband)
Davies, Caitlin (daughter) - Awards and honors
- Fawcett Society Book Prize (1994)
Heinemann Award (1988)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1975)
J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (1999)
Writers' Guild Award for Best Non-Fiction (1993)
Lex Prize of The Global Business Book Award (1998)
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- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 4,318
- Popularity
- #5,811
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 130
- ISBNs
- 279
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 16