About Margot Arnold
Lived 1925 – 2016 (aged 91). Margot Arnold was a British and American novelist.
Petronelle Marguerite Mary Cook (née Crouch, May 16, 1925 – September 22, 2016), better known by the pseudonym of Margot Arnold, was a British-born American mystery fiction novelist.
Biography Petronelle Marguerite Mary Crouch was born on 16 May 1925 in Devonport, Devon. She received a B.A. with a Diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology in 1947, and an M.A. in 1950 from Oxford University.
As a mystery writer, she was best known as the creator of the Dr. Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series, about an anthropologist and an archeologist based at Oxford University, England.
She was a long-time resident of Hyannis, Massachusetts. She died in New York City, New York in September 2016 at the age of 91.
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Who was Margot Arnold?
British-American writer (1925-2016)
When was Margot Arnold born?
Margot Arnold was born on 16 May 1925 in Plymouth.
When did Margot Arnold die?
Margot Arnold died on 22 September 2016 in New York City.
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Margot Arnold was a novelist.
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Margot Arnold was British and American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Margot Arnold. https://biography.guide/margot-arnold/
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