Margaret Dickinson

Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson a.k.a. Margaret Elizabeth Muggeson, moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by many books including Plough the Furrow,Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest, which make up her Lincolnshire Fleethaven Trilogy. She is also the author of Fairfield Hall, Jenny's War and The Clippie Girls. Margaret is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. - Pan MacMillan UK