Occupation Teacher, novelist Name Marguerite Gascoigne Period 1953–2001 | Nationality British Language English Role Writer | |
Born Marguerite Jackson
1 May 1916
Durham, England, UK ( 1916-05-01 ) Pen name Marguerite J. Gascoigne,
Anna Gilbert Genre Children's fiction, romance Died 2004, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom | ||
Marguerite Lazarus, née Jackson (born 1 May 1916 in Durham, England – d. 24 September 2004 in North Yorkshire, England) was a British writer. She started writing children's fiction as Marguerite J. Gascoigne, and later romance novels under the pseudonym of Anna Gilbert. Her novel The Look of Innocence won in 1976 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography
Marguerite Jackson was born on 1 May 1916 in Durham, England, UK. On 1937, she obtained a BA with honours and on 1957 an MA at Durham University. She worked as Grammar school English teacher from 1938 to 1973. On 5 April 1956, she married Jacob "Jack" Lazarus.
She published Children's fiction as Marguerite J. Gascoigne, and later gothic romance novels as Anna Gilbert.
Marguerite died at 88, on 24 September 2004 in North Yorkshire, England.