Skegness Author Margaret Dickinson

Written by Angela Gooch on November 27th, 2007 in Human Interest, People.

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Local author, Margaret Dickinson, real name Margaret Muggerson, has her first novel published by Robert Hale.
Miss Dickinson went on to be a successful authoress and the photograph of her below was taken recently with the Earl of Scarbrough at the Royal Renaissance Hotel in Skegness.

Skegness author Margaret Dickinson and the Earl of Scarbrough

Below is a picture of Margaret Dickinson as appeared in the Skegness Standard when her first book was published in 1968. You’ll notice the small mechanical typewriter peculiar to the era - a far cry from the modern day computer.

Margaret’s first novel was ‘Pride of the Courtneys’, a historical romance set in 19th century Yorkshire. The authoress worked at the Skegness district education offices and wrote the book in her spare time. The book took her about three years to write.”Reading trends are like trends in fashion in that they change rapidly”, she told the Standard, “But there is always a steady demand for historical romances”.
The original transcript is lodged at the Skegness library in their local history collection.