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Margaret Mackay
Margaret Mackay (1907-1968) was an American author who lived and travelled in many parts of the world and began writing at the age of six.
Born on November 19, 1907 in Oxford, Neb...ver másMargaret Mackay (1907-1968) was an American author who lived and travelled in many parts of the world and began writing at the age of six.
Born on November 19, 1907 in Oxford, Nebraska, she was brought up and educated in America and obtained dual British/American citizenship when she moved to London. She married a Scotsman in Peking, China, whose family had lived for three generations in Tientsin and Peking. Her early married life was spent amid the war lords’ campaigns, guerillas, bandit scares and the long Japanese invasion of China.
Her husband was killed in action during the fall of Burma in 1942.
Mrs. Mackay was the author of several novels, including the semi-autobiographical Valiant Dust (1941). She also wrote children’s stories and features which have appeared in such magazines and newspapers as Vogue, The Queen, The New Yorker, Punch, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Saturday Evening Post, The Times, The Toronto Star and The Sydney Herald.
She died on October 14, 1968, aged 60.ver menos