Margaret Forster was born on May 25, 1938 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Georgy Girl (1966), Daphne (2007) and Celebration (1979). She was married to Hunter Davies. She died on February 8, 2016 in London, England, UK.
Although best known for "Georgy Girl", she published more than 25 novels, and several biographies of figures including Daphne du Maurier and William Makepeace Thackeray.
She was a teacher at a girls' school before her writing career took off.