Author: Margery Lawrence
Alternate names: Margery Harriet Lawrence; Margery H. Lawrence
Born: 8 August 1889
Died: 13 November 1969
Bio: **Margery Harriet Lawrence**, a prolific writer of Gothic and romantic fiction (chiefly remembered today for *The Madonna of Seven Moons*), was also a believer in the occult: several of her fifty-odd supernatural tales were based on personal experiences. Among her stories are 'The Haunted Saucepan' (from *Nights of the Round Table*, 1926) and 'The Death Strap' (from *The Terraces of Night*, 1932).