Margot Bennett

Margot Bennett (19 January 1912 – 6 December 1980), born Margot Mitchell, was a Scottish-born screenwriter and author of crime and thriller novels.

Early life Margot Mitchell (sometimes called Margot Miller) was born in Lenzie, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Career Before publishing fiction, Bennett worked as an advertising copywriter in Sydney and London. During the Spanish Civil War, she worked as a nurse, translator, and broadcaster for the Spanish Medical Aid. During her war nursing work, she broke her arm when a truck overturned, and she was shot in both legs.

Bennett was a regular writer for Lilliput magazine between 1943 and 1950. She is best remembered for her crime fiction from the 1940s and 1950s, though she also wrote contemporary literature, thrillers and a science guide, The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation (1964). She wrote two science fiction novels, one of which was The Long Way Back, about African colonization of Britain following a nuclear holocaust. Her novel The Man Who Didn't Fly was nominated for a Gold Dagger Award.

Bennett wrote scripts for television, including contributions to Maigret, Emergency-Ward 10, Market in Honey Lane and Quick Before They Catch Us. In early 1964, she was the second female writer to be associated with Doctor Who, though the historical story she was scheduled to contribute never went ahead. Bennett also wrote the screenplays for her books which were adapted for the screen. the ceremony being conducted by a Republican soldier. They had three sons and a daughter. No Bath for the Browns 1945 Thriller Lilliput, issue #101 Reprinted 1965 in Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories Not for the Nervous

Television Projects Contributed To

Screenplays The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959) The Crowning Touch (1959)