Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson has spent most of her life in the county. She moved to the coastal area of Skegness at the age of seven where she still lives today. She began writing at the age of 14 and her first novel was published in 1968 when she was 25. This was followed by seven others between 1969 and 1984 but then, because of family commitments, Margaret did not write for seven years. In 1991, encouraged by her husband to begin writing again, Margaret had that little piece of luck that everyone needs - she found a wonderful agent, Darley Anderson, who advised her to write a regional saga with a strong woman as the central character.

In 1993 Pan Macmillan offered a two book contract for Plough the Furrow, the first in the Fleethaven trilogy, and its sequel, Sow the Seed. It seemed as if Margaret had found her niche; writing romantic fiction and bringing to life her love of the sea, the Lincolnshire landscape and its people. Reap The Harvest, published in 1996, completed the trilogy.

In 1997 The Miller's Daughter, inspired by the windmill at Burgh le Marsh, near Skegness, was published. In the following year came Chaff Upon the Wind based on the Manor House at Alford. In 1999 Grimsby was the inspiration for The Fisher Lass, evoking the dramas of those who are born to the fishing way of life and was described by the publishers as '... a love story as powerful and restless as the mighty North Sea'.

Spalding was the setting for The Tulip Girl, published in 2000 and Margaret's birthplace, Gainsborough, the setting for The River Folk in 2001. Tangled Threads and Twisted Strands were followed in 2004 by Red Sky In The Morning, a richly evocative story of wartime Lincolnshire.

For 2005 Margaret based her latest novel, Without Sin, around Southwell in Nottinghamshire.

Margaret wrote the script for Embracing Tides in amongst her usual output, for which we are very grateful.

More about Margaret can be found on her website www.margaret-dickinson.co.uk

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