Susan Linda Margolis (née Wener; 5 January 1955 – 1 November 2017) was an English novelist. She is best known for ''Neurotica'' (1998) and ''Apocalipstick'' (2003).
Personal life
She was the elder daughter of Donald Wener, an
Inland Revenue tax inspector from
East Ham
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who had served in the
RAF, and Audrey (née Dixon), a bank clerk and former nurse; her younger sister was
Louise Wener, musician (with
Sleeper
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) and writer. Her brother Geoff attended
Cambridge and managed Sleeper.
She failed the
eleven-plus exam, going on to a
secondary modern school, but due to the encouragement of her parents passed the 13-plus exam and attended
grammar school, followed by the
University of Nottingham, where she read politics.
She trained as a junior school teacher, undertaking practice at a
Church of England school at
Headingley,
but due to a hiring freeze in Leeds went to work for the
BBC alongside her husband, Jonathan Margolis, now an author and journalist with the ''
Financial Times'', whom she married in 1976.
Having been appointed the programme's Yorkshire correspondent, Margolis worked on ''
Woman's Hour'' until the 1990s, following which she produced ''Neurotica'' and continued her writing career.
She died of
lung cancer, aged 62,
and was survived by her husband, their three children, and grandchildren.
Works
* ''Days Like These'' (2016)
* ''Losing Me'' (2015)
* ''Best Supporting Role'' (2014)
* ''A Catered Affair'' (2011)
* ''Perfect Blend'' (2010)
* ''Forget Me Knot'' (2009)
* ''Gucci Gucci Coo'' (2006)
* ''Original Cyn'' (2005)
* ''Breakfast at Stephanie's'' (2004)
* ''Apocalipstick'' (2003)
* ''Launderama'' (2002)
* ''Sisteria'' (2000)
*''Neurotica'' (1998)
References
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1955 births
2017 deaths
20th-century English novelists
21st-century English novelists
Alumni of the University of Nottingham
BBC newsreaders and journalists
British chick lit writers
Deaths from lung cancer
English broadcasters
English Jewish writers
English women novelists
British radio presenters
British women radio presenters
Journalists from London
People from Ilford
Woman's Hour
Novelists from London
20th-century English women
20th-century English people
21st-century English women