| LC control no. | n 83121163 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6053.H4535 |
| Personal name heading | Chesney, Marion |
| Variant(s) | Chesney, Marion, 1936-2019 Ward, Charlotte, 1936-2019 |
| See also | For works of this author written under other names, search also under: Beaton, M. C.; Crampton, Helen, 1936-2019 ; Fairfax, Ann, 1936-2019 ; Tremaine, Jennie. Alternate identity: Beaton, M. C. Alternate identity: Crampton, Helen, 1936-2019 Alternate identity: Fairfax, Ann, 1936-2019 Alternate identity: Tremaine, Jennie |
| Located | Cotswold Hills (England) |
| Birth date | 1936-06-10 |
| Death date | 2019-12-30 |
| Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Gloucester (England) |
| Field of activity | Historical fiction Romance fiction Detective and mystery stories |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Booksellers and bookselling Journalists |
| Found in | Her Minerva, 1983: CIP t.p. (Marion Chesney) pub. info. (a Scotswoman living Brooklyn, N.Y.) Call to publisher, 4/28/83 (Marion Chesney, real name) Her Maggie, 1984: CIP t.p. (Jennie Tremaine) pub. info. (also writes as Marion Chesney) Her Death of a macho man, 1996: CIP t.p. (M.C. Beaton) pub. info. (real name Marion Chesney; lives in England) Contemp. au.: b. 115 (Chesney, Marion, 1936- ; b. June 10, 1936, Glasgow, Scotland; lives in England; pseuds.: M.C. Beaton, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Charlotte Ward) Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Feb. 25, 2005 (Marion Chesney; also known as M.C. Beaton, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Charlotte Ward; b. June 10, 1936, Glasgow, Scotland) Wikipedia, WWW, July 21, 2011 (M.C. Beaton, the pseudonym of Marion Chesney (Marion McChesney); lives in the Cotswolds, England; also uses the pseudonyms Marion Gibbons and Sarah Chester) agatharaisin.com, July 21, 2011 (formerly worked as a bookseller, then a journalist) Wikipedia, 4 March 2020 (Marion Chesney; Marion Gibbons (née Chesney; 10 June 1936-30 December 2019) was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels; using the pseudonym M. C. Beaton, she also wrote many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series; also wrote romance novels under the pseudonyms Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester; born in Glasgow, Scotland; died in Gloucester, England) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 84033355 |
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