Margaret Forster

Margaret Forster (born May 25, 1938) is a British author. She was born in Carlisle, England, read history at Somerville College, Oxford, and has worked as a novelist, biographer and freelance literary critic, contributing regularly to book programmes on television, to Radio 4 and various newpapers and magazines.

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May 25 - 1938 - Carlisle - England - Somerville College - Oxford

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She was the author of many successful novels, including Georgy Girl, Lady's Maid, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Have the Men Had Enough? and The Memory Box, two memoirs, Hidden Lives and Precious Lives, and several acclaimed biographies, most recently Good Wives.

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Georgy Girl - Lady's Maid - Diary of an Ordinary Woman - Have the Men Had Enough? - The Memory Box - Hidden Lives and Precious Lives - Good Wives

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Precious Lives won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 1999

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