About Margaret Forster
Margaret Forster was born in Carlisle in 1938. She is the author of bestelling memoirs, Hidden Lives and Precious Lives, acclaimed biographies of Daphne Du Maurier and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and of many successful novels.
Novels
Dames' Delight (1964)
The Bogeyman (1965)
Georgy Girl (1965)
Travels of Maudie Tipstaff (1967)
A Girl Called Fathom (1967)
The Park (1968)
Miss Owen-Owen is at Home (1969)
Fenella Phizackerley (1970)
Mr. Bone's Retreat (1971)
The Rash Adventurer: Rise and Fall of Charles Edward Stuart (1973)
The Seduction of Mrs. Pendlebury (1974)
Malowana lala (1976)
Mother Can You Hear Me? (1979)
The Bride of Lowther Fell (1980)
Marital Rites (1981)
Private Papers (1986)
Have the Men Had Enough? (1989)
Lady's Maid (1990)
The Battle for Christabel (1991)
Mothers' Boys (1994)
Shadow Baby (1996)
Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times, 1831-1931 (1997)
The Memory Box (1999)
Good Wives?: Mary, Fanny, Jennie and Me, 1845-2001 (2001)
Diary of an Ordinary Woman: 1914-1995 (2003)
Is There Anything You Want? (2005)
Keeping the World Away (2006)
Over (2007)
The Bogeyman (1965)
Georgy Girl (1965)
Travels of Maudie Tipstaff (1967)
A Girl Called Fathom (1967)
The Park (1968)
Miss Owen-Owen is at Home (1969)
Fenella Phizackerley (1970)
Mr. Bone's Retreat (1971)
The Rash Adventurer: Rise and Fall of Charles Edward Stuart (1973)
The Seduction of Mrs. Pendlebury (1974)
Malowana lala (1976)
Mother Can You Hear Me? (1979)
The Bride of Lowther Fell (1980)
Marital Rites (1981)
Private Papers (1986)
Have the Men Had Enough? (1989)
Lady's Maid (1990)
The Battle for Christabel (1991)
Mothers' Boys (1994)
Shadow Baby (1996)
Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times, 1831-1931 (1997)
The Memory Box (1999)
Good Wives?: Mary, Fanny, Jennie and Me, 1845-2001 (2001)
Diary of an Ordinary Woman: 1914-1995 (2003)
Is There Anything You Want? (2005)
Keeping the World Away (2006)
Over (2007)
Non fiction
Memoirs of a Victorian Gentleman: William Makepeace Thackeray (1978)
Significant Sisters: Grassroots of Active Feminism, 1839-1939 (1984)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography (1988)
Daphne Du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller (1993) (see Daphne Du Maurier)
Hidden Lives: A Family Memoir (1995)
Precious Lives (1998)
Significant Sisters: Grassroots of Active Feminism, 1839-1939 (1984)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography (1988)
Daphne Du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller (1993) (see Daphne Du Maurier)
Hidden Lives: A Family Memoir (1995)
Precious Lives (1998)
Awards
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Margaret Forster recommends
 Trick of the Light (1996) Jill Dawson "The novel held me right to the end. I was constantly ... held by the evocation of place." |  Haweswater (2002) Sarah Hall "A strikingly original first novel, full not just of fury but also of the most sensitive compassion for the people and the place. " |  English Correspondence (2003) Janet Davey "I fell on ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE with joy. I purred over its sheer intelligence, its quiet wit..." | |
 The Mountain of Light (2004) Claire Allen "I loved it... I felt under its spell from the beginning." |  The Family Tree (2005) Carole Cadwalladr "A real delight to read . . . such a delicacy of touch . . . very funny . . . hugely enjoyable " |  The Great Stink (2005) Clare Clark "Staggeringly evocative...a fine new novelist." | |
 Salt (2007) Jeremy Page "Striking, funny, terrifying... I admired and loved it." |
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