Margaret Belsky

Margaret Constance Belsky née Owen, better known by her pen name Belsky, (20 June 1919 – 26 January 1989), was a British cartoonist and illustrator.

Belsky was born on 20 June 1919 in Wareham, Dorset to Albert Edward Owen and Margaret Constance Davies-Bunton. She attended the Bournemouth School of Art and later studied engraving and illustration at the Royal College of Art. Belsky won a cartoon competition for Punch in the 1930s.

In 1944, Margaret and Franta married, with Belsky taking on her husband's name for her single word signature, disguising her gender. She also became an illustrator for children's books, designing the covers for various Penguin books,