Early life
Gladys Allan Cleet was from Jesmond, Newcastle, the daughter of Herbert Cleet and Gladys Allan Cleet. Her father was a butcher. She trained as a secretary as a young woman.Career
In 1964, in her forties, Knight became paralysed byPersonal life
Gladys Cleet married scientist Alistair Knight in 1951, inSelected bibliography
Fiction written as Margaret Hope
* ''The Queen's Captain'' (1978) * ''The Shadow Queen'' (1979) * ''Hostage Most Royal'' (1980) * ''Perilous Voyage'' (1983)Fiction written as Alanna Knight
* ''Legend of the Loch'' (1969) * ''The October Witch'' (1971) * ''Castle Clodha'' (1972) * ''Lament for Lost Lovers'' (1972) * ''The White Rose'' (1973) * ''Passionate Kindness'' (1974, also published as ''A Violent Passion'') * ''A Stranger Came By'' (1974) * ''A Drink for the Bridge'' (1976, also published as ''The Most Tragic Tay Bridge Disaster'') * ''The Wicked Wynsleys'' (1977) * ''Girl on an Empty Swing'' (1978) * ''The Black Duchess'' (1980) * ''Castle of Foxes'' (1981) * ''Colla's Children'' (1982) * ''The Clan'' (1985) *''Estella'' (1986) * ''Enter Second Murderer'' (1988, the first Inspector Jeremy Faro mystery) * ''Blood Line'' (1989) * ''Deadly Beloved'' (1989) * ''Killing Cousins'' (1990) * ''The Wicked Wynsleys'' (1990) * ''A Quiet Death'' (1991) * ''To Kill a Queen'' (1992) * ''The Sweet Cheat Gone'' (1992) * ''Strathblair'' (1993) * ''This Outward Angel'' (1993) * ''The Evil that Men Do'' (1993) * ''The Missing Duchess'' (1994) * ''The Bull Slayers'' (1995) * ''Murder by Appointment'' (1996) * ''Angel Eyes'' (1997) * ''The Coffin Lane Murders'' (1998) * ''The Monster in the Loch'' (1999, for new readers) * ''The Royal Park Murder'' (1999, for new readers) * ''Dead Beckoning'' (1999, for new readers) * ''The Inspector's Daughter'' (2000, the first Rose McQuinn novel) * ''The Dagger in the Crown'' (2001, the first Tam Eildor novel) * ''Dangerous Pursuits'' (2002) * ''In the Shadow of the Minster'' (2002) * ''The Final Enemy'' (2002) * ''An Orkney Murder'' (2003) * ''The Gowry Conspiracy'' (2003) * ''Ghost Walk'' (2004) * ''Unholy Trinity'' (2004, also known as ''Death at Carasheen'') * ''Faro and the Royals'' (2005) * ''The Stuart Sapphire'' (2005) * ''Burke and Hare'' (2007, non-fiction) * ''Destroying Angel'' (2007) * ''Murder in Paradise'' (2008) * ''Quest for a Killer'' (2010) * ''The Seal King Murders'' (2011) * ''Deadly Legacy'' (2012) * ''Murder Most Foul'' (2013) * ''The Midnight Visitor'' (2013) * ''The Balmoral Incident'' (2014) * ''Miss Havisham's Revenge, Estella's Missing Years'' (2014) * ''Akin to Murder'' (2016) * ''The Darkness Within'' (2017) * ''Murder Lies Waiting'' (2018) * ''The Dower House Mystery'' (2019) * ''Murder at the World's Edge'' (2021, forthcoming)Nonfiction
* ''The Private Life of Robert Louis Stevenson'' (1983, play) * ''The Robert Louis Stevenson Treasury (1985) * ''R. L. S. in the South Seas: An intimate photographic record'' (1986, editor) * ''Close and Deadly: Chilling Murders in the Heart of Edinburgh'' (2002, non-fiction) * ''101 Golden Rules for Writing Successful Fiction'' (2015, professional advice) * ''My Psychic Life, Mostly'' (2018, autobiography) * ''My Writing Life, Mostly'' (2020, autobiography)References
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