Mary Beckett

Mary Beckett (1926-2013) was an Irish author.

She was born in Belfast in Northern Ireland. She used to work for BBC Northern Ireland, where she wrote plays for the radio. She also wrote short stories. She also worked as a teacher. She was married and had five children. She stopped publishing writing until the 1980s, when she wrote The Belfast Woman. In addition to short stories, she also wrote children's books and one novel.

References

Other websites
 1989 LA Times review of A Belfast Woman

Category:1926 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Writers from Belfast
Category:Children's writers