Margaret Storey

Elizabeth Margaret Storey (27 June 1926 – 28 September 2022) was a British author of books for children and young adults published by Faber.

Biography Elizabeth Margaret Storey was born on 26 June 1926. She attended Girton College in Cambridge in 1948 to gain a BA Honours degree in English, and thereafter worked as an English teacher.

Neil Gaiman has cited her as an influence: "Margaret Storey is more or less out of print these days, alas. I loved her when I was about seven or eight, and am looking forward to finding out how much of her stuff has wound up in mine."

Her work included a fantasy series based on the adventures of two children, Timothy and Ellen, and a witch named Melinda Farbright: "the real thing – strange and magical, and above all, dangerous". The Stone Wizard aka "The Stone Sorcerer" (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart The Dragon's Sister and Timothy Travels (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart A Quarrel of Witches (1970 - Illustrated by Doreen Roberts The Sleeping Witch (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede A War of Wizards (1976) - Illustrated by Janina Ede The Double Wizard (1979) - Illustrated by June Jackson

She also wrote: Pauline (1965) Wrong Gear (1973) Keep Running (1974) Kate And The Family Tree (1965) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes The Smallest Doll (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes The Smallest Bridesmaid (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes The Mollyday Holiday (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede

Pauline, about an orphan forced to live with uncomprehending relatives, has been described as "an astonishingly mature novel for a new writer".

She should not be confused with the mystery writer Margaret Storey, who has written a number of books, sometimes under the pseudonym Elizabeth Eyre with the author Jill Staynes.

Storey died on 28 September 2022, at the age of 96.