Margaret Mayo | |
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Born | Staffordshire, England | 7 February 1936
Pen name | Margaret Mayo |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1976–present |
Genre | Romantic novel |
Children | 2 |
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Margaret Mayo (born 7 February 1936 in Staffordshire, England) is a British writer of over 80 romance novels since 1976.
Margaret Mayo was born on 7 February 1936 in Staffordshire, England. [1] She left school at fifteen, and learned shorthand and typing, to work as a secretary for many years. At 22, she married and had two children, Adrian and Tina. [2]
At 40, she began to publish romantic novels to Mills & Boon.
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