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- Birth nameMarion Chesney
- M.C. Beaton was born on June 10, 1936 in Balornock, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Agatha Raisin (2014), Hamish Macbeth (1995) and The Criminal Calendar (1997). She was married to Harry Scott Gibbons. She died on December 30, 2019 in Gloucester, England, UK.
- SpouseHarry Scott Gibbons(1969 - November 3, 2016) (his death, 1 child)
- A vacation in the northern Highlands of Scotland inspired the first Hamish Macbeth story. Agatha Raisin was created when the family moved to the Cotswolds.
- Author of the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin crime novels. Over 21 million copies of her books sold around the world, and she was regularly named as the most popular adult author in UK libraries. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.
- She moved to the US after marrying Harry Scott Gibbons and having a son. They both were hired by Rupert Murdoch's new tabloid, The Star. To spend more time at home with her son, she started to write Regency romances, and then detective stories under the pseudonym MC Beaton.
- She started out as a bookseller in charge of fiction. She reviewed variety shows for the Scottish Daily Mail and became their theatre critic. She worked at Scottish Field magazine as a secretary in the advertising department, before becoming its fashion editor. She then moved to the Scottish Daily Express where she was a crime reporter. This led to Fleet Street and the Daily Express, where she became chief woman reporter.
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