Margaret Simpson was educated at Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School, Liverpool and read English at Newnham College, Cambridge. She taught in London schools for a couple of years and then after her children were born began writing novels. As a result of these came offers of work in television and radio from which she has since made her living. She also continues to write novels, plays and short stories.
EMMERDALE - ITV 1992-3 & 2001 – 2009
GRANGE HILL - BBC – Series 2–14
DR FINLAY’S CASEBOOK - Scottish TV 1994
THE BILL - Thames TV 1992
EASTENDERS - BBC 1990
ANGELS - BBC 1978 - 80
CROWN COURT - GRANADA 1975
THE BILL
DON'T LOOK DOWN - Play for BBC Schools Television
LISTEN TO ME - Two linked plays for BBC Schools Television
JOBS FOR THE BOYS? - Play for BBC Schools Television
WATCH: MAGIC GRANDAD - 3-part drama for BBC Schools (Spelthorne Productions) 1994
WATCH: FAMOUS PEOPLE - 4-part drama (BBC Schools/Spelthorne Productions) 1995 Awarded Royal Television Society (Educational TV) Award 1994.
SCREAMING HIGH - Commissioned six-part series adapted from David Line's novel
In addition to adaptations for Book at Bedtime and Morning Story Margaret's original radio plays include THURSDAY'S CHILD and MRS BATTLEY'S WILL. She also dramatised GOODBYE MR CHIPS for BBC Radio.
NOVELS and BOOKS
RIVALS FOR THE CROWN - Double Take series for Scholastic 2003
CLEOPATRA AND HER ASP - Dead Famous series for Scholastic
ELIZABETH THE FIRST AND HER CONQUESTS
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS AND HER HOPELESS HUSBANDS - (all subsequently re-issued as Horribly Famous titles)
MAHABHARATA - Scholastic Children’s Books August 2000
TOP TEN IRISH LEGENDS - Scholastic Children's Books 2000
TOP TEN ARTHURIAN LEGENDS - Scholastic Children's Books 1999 (subsequently re-issued several times)
STRANGE ORBIT - Deutsch 1992 (STRANGE ORBIT was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and was winner of the Friends of the Earth Earthworm Award)
THE DRUG SMUGGLERS - Deutsch 1984
THE CHROME CONNECTION - Deutsch 1975
SORRY WRONG NUMBER - Deutsch 1973
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