About Marguerite J. Gascoigne
Lived 1916 – 2004 (aged 88). Marguerite J. Gascoigne was a British novelist, children's writer and writer.
Marguerite Lazarus, née Jackson (born 1 May 1916 in Durham, England – d. 24 September 2004 in North Yorkshire, England) was a British writer. She started writing children's fiction as Marguerite J. Gascoigne, and later romance novels under the pseudonym of Anna Gilbert. Her novel The Look of Innocence won in 1976 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography Marguerite Jackson was born on 1 May 1916 in Durham, England, UK. On 1937, she obtained a BA with honours and on 1957 an MA at Durham University. She worked as Grammar school English teacher from 1938 to 1973. On 5 April 1956, she married Jacob "Jack" Lazarus.
She published Children's fiction as Marguerite J. Gascoigne, and later gothic romance novels as Anna Gilbert.
Marguerite died at 88, on 24 September 2004 in North Yorkshire, England.
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Marguerite J. Gascoigne was born on 1 May 1916 in Durham.
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Marguerite J. Gascoigne died on 24 September 2004 in North Yorkshire.
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