Margot Bennett (writer)

For the American actress, see Margot Bennett (actress).

Margot Bennett (1912 – 6 December 1980) was a writer of crime and thriller novels. She was educated in Scotland and Australia.

Bennett was born in Lenzie, Scotland. She 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.

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)
• The Intelligent Woman's guide to Atomic Radiation (1964)
• The Furious Masters (1968)

References

• Obituary, The Times, 6 December 1980
• "Do You Write Under Your Own Name?". Martin Edwards' Crime Writing Blog. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
• "Margot Bennett Bibliography". Classic Crime Fiction. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
• "Margot Bennett (II)". Imdb. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
• Margot Bennett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database