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Margaret Maddocks

Margaret Kathleen Avern was born on 10 August 1906 in Caversham, Berkshire, England, UK. She was educated at St. Helen's School, Northwood, Middlesex, and in Dresden. On 1937, she married Richard Maddocks, who died on 1970. Published since 1947, she is the only novelist to win four Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novels Larksbrook (1962), The Silver Answer (1965), Thea (1970), and The Moon is Square (1976). In 1977, she wrote her autobiography: An Unlessoned Girl.

Margaret Maddocks comments: "Any writer must find it difficult to assess her own work honestly and objectively, so I can only say that I hope my books may be considered as well-written. They appear to be popular among all age groups in the nine countries where they have been published. This is probably because the reader can believe in the characters and the plot holds the interest to the end. They tend to cheer rather than depress."

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British writer

Born 10 August 1906
Died 20 October 1993

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  • Cover of: November tree.

    First published in 1964 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The silver answer

    First published in 1965 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The weathercock
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    First published in 1971 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Silver Answer
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    First published in 1967 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Fair Shines the Day
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    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The moon is square

    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Thea

    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Frozen Fountain

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: green grass.

    First published in 1963 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Larksbrook.

    First published in 1962 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The moon is square.

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: November Tree
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    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The open door

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Piper's tune.

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Piper's Tune

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Remembered Spring

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thea

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A View of the Sea

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British writer

Born 10 August 1906
Died 20 October 1993

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, romance, general, Gothic, Large type books, 1950s, 1960s, Authors, biography, Authors, english, Biography, Childhood and youth, English Novelists, Historical, Romance, Social life and customs, Youth

Places

England, Wales

People

Harriet, Laura Gray, Lizzy, Margaret Kathleen Avern Maddocks, Marinda Fairfield, Thea Cranbrook

Time

20th century, 1900's

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October 30, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
September 27, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import