Marguerite Lazarus, née Jackson (born 1 May 1916 in

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, England – d. 24 September 2004 in

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, England) was a British writer. She started writing

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as Marguerite J. Gascoigne, and later

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s under the pseudonym of Anna Gilbert. Her novel ''The Look of Innocence '' won in 1976 the

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by the

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Biography

Marguerite Jackson was born on 1 May 1916 in

, England, UK. On 1937, she obtained a BA with honours and on 1957 an MA at

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. 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.

Bibliography

As Marguerite J. Gascoigne

Single novels

* ''The Song of the Gipsy'' (1953)

As Anna Gilbert

Single novels

* ''Images of Rose'' (1974) * ''The Look of Innocence'' (1975) * ''A Family Likeness'' (1977) * ''Remembering Louise'' (1978) * ''The Leavetaking'' (1979) * ''Flowers for Lilian'' (1980) * ''Miss Bede Is Staying'' (1982) * ''The Long Shadow'' (1983) * ''A Walk in the Wood'' (1989) * ''The Wedding Guest'' (1993) * ''Treachery of Time'' (1995) * ''A Hint of Witchcraft'' (2000) * ''A Morning in Eden'' (2001)

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gascoigne, Marguerite J. 1916 births 2004 deaths People from Durham, England British children's writers British women novelists RoNA Award winners 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists 20th-century British women writers 21st-century British women writers Women romantic fiction writers Pseudonymous women writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers Alumni of Armstrong College, Durham