Margot Peters

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Margo Peters
Born (1933-05-13)May 13, 1933
Wausau, Wisconsin
Occupation Author
Genres Biography, Literary criticism

Margo Peters (born May 13, 1933, Wausau, Wisconsin)[1] is a noted American author of biographies and novels, including biographies of Charlotte Brontë, George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the Drews and Barrymores, May Sarton, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Career

Peters' first book was her Master's thesis.

Awards

She won the Friends of American Writers award for best work of prose in 1975 for Unquiet Soul: A Biography of Charlotte Bronte. Won Banta Awards in 1981 and 1985, for Bernard Shaw and the Actresses and for Mrs. Pat: The Life of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, respectively.[2]

Selected works

Biographies

  • Charlotte Brontë: Style in the Novel. Madison: University of Wisconsin Pres: 1973.
  • Unquiet Soul: A Biography of Charlotte Brontë New York: Doubleday, 1975. ((London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975. Paris: Editions Stock, 1979. Reprint New York & London, 1986, 1987. Paris: Editions Stock, 1979.))
  • Bernard Shaw and the Actresses. New York: Doubleday, 1980.
  • Mrs. Pat: The Biography of Mrs. Patrick Campbell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984; London: The Bodley Head, 1984; Hamish Hamilton, 1985.
  • The House of Barrymore. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
  • May Sarton: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997; Ballentine, 1998.
  • Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. New York: Knopf, 2003[3]

Other Works

  • Wild Justice. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995. Published in paperback as Most Wanted, 1996.

References

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