Margot Hilton (born 1947) is a British-born Australian author who also writes under the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

of F.F. Piano.

Biography

Hilton was born in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

and graduated from the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

with a BA English Hons (1971) and an MA Drama & Theatre Arts (1972). She visited Australia in 1974 becoming an Australian citizen in 1983. She worked as the inaugural Drama Officer for the Victorian Ministry for the Arts, a writer on TV Channel Ten's "Young Doctors", the Executive Officer for the Australian Society of Authors, the inaugural Executive Secretary for the Victorian Premier's Literature Awards, a Publicity Manager for Angus & Robertson, a segment producer & writer of specialist guest segments for TV Channel Ten's daily "Til Ten with Joan McInnes", on which she also presented on-air book reviews and as a project officer for the Literature Board of the Australia Council. She has written book reviews and articles for magazines and newspapers, film and TV scripts, speeches and songs, as well as several books. She was married for 18 years to

Graeme Blundell Graeme Blundell (born 7 August 1945) is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer, playwright, lyricist and biographer Early life Blundell was born on 7 April 1945 in Melbourne; he grew up in the suburb of Clifton Hill. He was educated a ...

, with whom she has two children. She co-wrote an unauthorised autobiography of

Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 – 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. He held many exhibitions ...

with him, published in 1996, which initiated the breakdown of their marriage. During this period, in response to Blundell's serial adultery, as Graeme Blundell put it, she "...ran off with (Michael Driscoll) the person that, 20 years earlier, Whiteley's then wife

Wendy Whiteley Wendy Susan Whiteley (; 1941) is best known as the former wife of the Australian artist Brett Whiteley, and as the mother of their daughter, actress Arkie Whiteley (1964–2001). She has become a notable cultural figure, particularly since her ...

had also run off with."ABCTV Sunday Arts, 17 August 2008
/ref> She has not remarried and lives in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. She joined the Sydney Jewish Museum as a volunteer guide and writer in 1998.

Bibliography

* ''Women on Men'', Penguin Books, Sydney, 1987 * ''Jokes About Blokes'', Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1990 * ''

Whiteley Whiteley is a community in the county of Hampshire, England, near Fareham. The development straddles the boundary between two council districts: the Borough of Fareham to the south and east, and the city of Winchester to the north and west. L ...

: An Unauthorised Life'', with

, Pan MacMillan, Sydney, 1996, * "Short Plays for the Australian Stage:" Potiphar's Wife by Margot Hilton, Volume 1, Ed Leonard Radic, Yackandandah Playscripts, 1987, *"I Am A Survivor" By Alex Lowy with Margot Hilton, Sydney Jewish Museum, 2011, *"From Greenfield Street to Golders Green" by Kate Hilton with Margot Hilton, Sydney Jewish Museum, 2011, ISBN

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton, Margot 1947 births Living people Australian biographers Australian women writers English emigrants to Australia Women biographers