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 |
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Harry Scott Gibbons
(m. 1969; died 2016) |
| Children | Charles Gibbons |
Marion Gibbons (born Marion Chesney; June 10, 1936 – December 30 or 31, 2019) was a Scottish writer. She was famous for her many romance and mystery novels. Her writing career began in 1979.
She wrote many popular historical romance novels. She used a version of her maiden name, Marion Chesney. These books included the "Travelling Matchmaker" and "Daughters of Mannerling" series.
Marion Gibbons also wrote under the name M. C. Beaton. With this name, she created very popular mystery novels. Her most famous mystery series are Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth. Both of these book series were later made into TV shows.
She also used other pen names for her romance novels. These names included Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester.
Her last series as Marion Chesney was an Edwardian mystery. It featured a character named Lady Rose Summer. Lady Rose was a charming young woman who liked to be independent. She teamed up with Captain Harry Cathcart, a poor aristocrat. Marion Gibbons stopped writing this series because she was very busy with her Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth books.
About Marion Chesney
Marion Chesney was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 10, 1936. Before becoming a writer, she worked in a bookshop in Glasgow. She also worked for a newspaper called the Scottish Daily Express. There, she was a theatre critic, a reporter, and an editor.
In 1969, she married Harry Scott Gibbons. He was a reporter too, covering the Middle East. They had one son named Charles. The family moved to the Cotswolds in England. They thought their son would go to Oxford University, but he didn't.
Marion Chesney also lived in the USA for some time. Later in her life, she split her time between a small house in the Cotswolds and the city of Paris, France. She passed away in a hospital in Gloucester, England. She was 83 years old when she died on December 30 or 31, 2019.
