Margaret Mayo

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See also: [Margaret Mayo (American playwright)](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL13118551A/Margaret_Mayo) and [Margaret Mayo (children's author)](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL12794619A) Margaret Mayo was born on 7 February 1936 in Staffordshire, England, and has remained within the country all of her life. She always loved reading, even to the extent of reading comics out loud to her twin brother when she was 8 years old. She left school at 15, and became to work. She married at 22, taking a break to have her two children, Adrian and Tina. Once they were at school she started back to work for the UK manager of a Danish company, and planned her further career by becoming a bilingual secretary. Unfortunately, she couldn't speak any languages other than her native English, so she began evening classes. In June 1974, she got the idea for a romantic short story—to this day she doesn't know where the idea came from or why, but she thanks her lucky stars because it kick-started her career. Pretty soon, the short story turned into a novel. At this point, she was unsure what step to take next. Margaret, and her mother before her, had always read Mills & Boon romance novels, and to actually be writing one excited her beyond measure. It was never her ambition to become a writer, in fact, her only writing experience was in letters to various pen pals around the world. She has, unfortunately, lost touch with them now and often wonders whether any of them have ever discovered that her chatty letters were the forerunner to her writing career. Luckily for her, the President was a Mills & Boon author who helped to guide her. While her first novel wasn't picked up, the next two she wrote were accepted at the same time, published on 1976, when she was 40. After published 8 books, she began writing full-time, and now she has over 65 to her credit. When she looks at them lined up on her bookshelf she wonders how she has managed to write all those millions of words. She is a hopeless romantic who loves writing. She falls in love with every one of her heroes and likes to boast about how many "love affairs" she's had.

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Entertaining the Doughboys
Representative edition published 2018
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Dig Dig Digging ABC
Representative edition published 2017
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When the World Was Young
Representative edition published 2017
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Mini Tab
Representative edition published 2017
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Ribambelle CE1 série rouge éd. 2016 - Urashima
Representative edition published 2016
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Big digger ABC
Representative edition published 2015
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His after-hours mistress
Representative edition published 2015
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His Virgin Bride
Representative edition published 2015
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Avanti!
Representative edition published 2014
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A very personal assistant
Representative edition published 2013
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Zoom, Rocket, Zoom! (Awesome Engines)
Representative edition published 2012
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Zoom, rocket, zoom!
Representative edition published 2012
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Mistresses
Representative edition published 2012
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Zoom, rocket, zoom!
Representative edition published 2012
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A Night With Consequences
Representative edition published 2011
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Stomp Dinosaur Stomp
Representative edition published 2011
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The Santorini marriage
Representative edition published 2011
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Night with Consequences
Representative edition published 2011
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Blackmailed into His Arms
Representative edition published 2011
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Dig Dig Digging
Representative edition published 2011
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Ungentlemanly Behaviour
Representative edition published 2011
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Married Again to the Millionaire
Representative edition published 2010
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The Italian's ruthless baby bargain
Representative edition published 2010
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Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp
Representative edition published 2010
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