Marion Chesney facts for kids
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Marion Chesney
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Chesney in 2006
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| Born | Marion McGowan Chesney 10 June 1936 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 30/31 December 2019 (aged 83) Gloucester, England |
| Pen name | Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Marion Chesney, Charlotte Ward, M. C. Beaton, Sarah Chester |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Period | 1979–2019 |
| Genre | Romance, mystery, historical |
| Spouse |
Harry Scott Gibbons
(m. 1969; died 2016) |
| Children | Charles Gibbons |
Marion Gibbons (née Chesney; 10 June 1936 – 30/31 December 2019) was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels, whose career as a published author began in 1979. She wrote numerous successful historical romance novels under a form of her maiden name, Marion Chesney, including the "Travelling Matchmaker" and "Daughters of Mannerling" series.
Using the pseudonym M. C. Beaton, she also wrote many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. Both of these book series have been adapted for TV. She also wrote romance novels under the pseudonyms Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester.
Writing as Marion Chesney, her final endeavour was an Edwardian mystery series featuring Lady Rose Summer, a charming debutante with an independent streak, and Captain Harry Cathcart, an impoverished aristocrat. In an interview, she stated that she ceased writing the Edwardian series as a result of the pressure of writing for the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series.
Biography
Marion Chesney was born on 10 June 1936 in Glasgow, Scotland, and worked as a buyer of fiction for the Glasgow bookshop John Smith & Son before working at the Scottish Daily Express as a theatre critic, newspaper reporter and editor. She married Express Middle East Correspondent Harry Scott Gibbons in 1969; they had a son, Charles. The couple moved to the Cotswolds when their son was about to go to university, assuming that he would go to Oxford, though in fact he did not.
Chesney had also lived in the USA. In later life she divided her time between a cottage in the Cotswolds, and Paris. She died at a hospital in Gloucester, England on 30 or 31 December 2019, at the age of 83.
