Margaret Pargeter

Margaret Pargeter
BornMargaret Appleby
10 October 1925
Longhorsley, Northumberland, England
Died11 February 2023(2023-02-11) (aged 97)
Morpeth, Northumberland, England
OccupationNovelist
Period1975–1986, 1997
GenreRomantic novels

Margaret Pargeter (10 October 1925 – 11 February 2023; née Appleby) was a British romance novelist. Between 1975 and 1986, she published 49 romance novels with Harlequin and Mills & Boon, including titles such as Hold Me Captive and Boomerang Bride.[1] As of 1986, she was one of the most widely read authors in Britain, according to the Public Lending Right scheme.[2] Her first full-length novel, Misconception, was published in 1997 by Scarlet.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mitgang, Herbert (30 March 1986). "Penny for their thoughts – How authors can get library 'royalties'". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via Gale General OneFile.
  3. ^ Pargeter, Margaret (1997). Misconception. London: Scarlet. ISBN 1854879979.