Background

Margaret Bingley was born on June 17, 1947, in Surrey, United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Lionel Lewis, a senior civil servant, and Audrey Ethel Jane (Penfold) Kirby.

Education

Margaret was educated at Sutton High School for Girls GPDST. She then graduated from Rickards Lodge Secretarial College with certificate of distinction in 1965.

Career

After graduation Margaret Bingley worked at the BBC in London. She later went to work for The Heinemann Group of Publishers at Lower Kingswood in Surrey, which gave her the opportunity to read countless novels from their backlist library.

In 1974, Margaret with her family moved to Lincolnshire, where she still lives today. In 1976 her son was born. By the time he was 18 months old she’d decided to try and write a novel herself and eventually, after many trials and tribulations, her first book THE DEVIL’S CHILD was published. Much of the book was based on her experiences in the early days of motherhood.

Margaret continued writing steadily from 1983 onwards, and in February 2000 she also started writing a weekly column of 400 words for the local paper, The Grantham Journal, entitled ‘The Way I See It’. She stopped writing the column in July 2005 due to her husband’s ill health.

Margaret also publishes erotica novels under the pseudonyms Fredrica Alleyn and Marina Anderson.

Achievements

• Margaret Bingley is best known as the author of supernatural horror novels that feature demonic children. She wrote about 15 such novels.

Works

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  • Fiona's Fate

    (Classic erotica from the very first Black Lace writer Hel...)

    2011
  • Devil's Child

    (Laura and Nicholas Wells' son, Edward, who seems to be th...)

    1987
  • The Bracelet

    (B is for Bondage… When Kristina spots her best-friend wea...)

    2013
  • Village of Satan

    (The village of South Willoughby was silent as the grave w...)

    1990
  • Cassandra's Chateau

    (The blisteringly sexy sequel to Cassandra's Conflict Cass...)

    2010
  • Seeds of Evil

    (Meg's odd-looking, white-haired twins, conceived by artif...)

    1993
  • Change of Circumstances

    (With the unexpected death of her husband, Heather Lorrime...)

    1988
  • Deborah's Discovery

    (When Deborah Woods meets American oil magnate John Parvin...)

    2015
  • After Alice

    (AFTER ALICE DIED obsession reigned over one man’s soul. C...)

    1986
  • Children of the Night

    (A grieving woman alone. A stunningly handsome man in need...)

    1985
  • The Unquiet Dead 1987

Views

Quotations: “Most of my books concern the paranormal, and feature children very strongly. This is because I find the total amorality and self-centeredness of the small child fascinating, as are society's desperate attempts to ‘civilize’ these intriguing individuals.”

Membership

Margaret is a member of Grantham Writers Circle.

Interests

• Reading, opera, dry white wine and gardening

Connections

Margaret married Alan Bradley Bingley, a managing director of a publishing distribution center, in December 1977. They have one son Alexander Russell.

Father:

Lionel Lewis Kirby

Mother:

Audrey Ethel Jane Penfold Kirby

Spouse:

Alan Bradley Bingley

Son:

Alexander Russell Bingley

References

• Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
  2008