Margaret Thomson Davis

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Margaret Thomson Davis (24 May 1926 – 14 June 2016) was a Scottish writer of novels about Glasgow life, beginning with her popular 1972 novel, .[1]

Biography[]

Thomson Davis was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, and was three years old when her family moved to Balornock, a district in the city of Glasgow.[1][2] Brought up in the tenements of Springburn, she had an early ambition to be a writer, and after leaving school she worked at various short-term jobs while submitting her stories to magazines. In 1951 she had a short-lived marriage, and in 1958 she married a second time and had a son, who was aged nine when the family moved to Bearsden.[2] She would be in her late forties before she had her first book published.[3]

In 1972, her first novel, , was published by Allison and Busby, and was described by the Daily Express as a Glaswegian Coronation Street.[4] It was followed by in 1973 and , forming a trilogy known to as .

She went on to be the author of more than 20 novels, and and (1987) were adapted for the stage.[4] As well as her bestselling family sagas and crime thrillers, she also wrote an autobiography, (2006).[5][6]

was Honorary President of the .[2]

Selected works[]

Novels[]

  • (1972)
  • (1973)
  • (1973)
  • (1974)
  • (1976)
  • (1977)
  • (1977)
  • (1981)
  • (1982)
  • (1984)
  • (1987)
  • (1988)
  • (1989)
  • (1991)
  • (1993)
  • (1994)
  • (1995)
  • (1996)
  • (1997)
  • (1998)
  • (1999)
  • (1999)
  • (1999)
  • (2000)
  • (2001)
  • (2001)
  • (2003)
  • (2003)
  • (2005)
  • (2007)
  • (2008)
  • (2009)
  • (2010)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Morton, Brian (22 June 2016). "Obituary - Margaret Thomson Davis, writer famed for her vivid novels of Glasgow life". The Glasgow Herald.
  2. ^ a b c The Newsroom (23 June 2016). "Tributes paid to Glasgow writer Margaret Thomson Davis". Milngavie Herald.
  3. ^ "Time and place: Margaret Thomson Davis". The Sunday Times. 7 September 2008.
  4. ^ a b Onwuemezi, Natasha (23 June 2016). "Author Margaret Thomson Davis dies". The Bookseller. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Margaret Thomson Davis". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Margaret Thomson Davis". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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