Born in Carlisle, she is the author of successful novels, including The Memory Box, Have the Men Had Enough?, Lady's Maid and Diary of an Ordinary Woman, as well as bestselling memoirs (Hidden Lives and Precious Lives) and biographies. She lives in North London and the Lake District.
'Written with enormous sensitivity and compassion' Red 'Consistently readable' Sunday Telegraph 'Forster excels at depicting ordinary lives.Beautifully controlled' Independent on Sunday 'Forster's prose, is, as always, clear, robust and unpretentious' Daily Telegraph 'Few authors share Margaret Forster's extraordinary ability to transform the ordinary day-to-day activities of unremarkable people into compelling fiction.With brilliant and exquisite sensitivity' Daily Mail