Margery Sharp was born Salisbury, Wiltshire. She attended Chiswick House High School in Malta in 1912-1913, and Streatham Hill High School 1914-1923. In 1925 she went to Bedford College, earning a general arts degree and then a BA in French. She studied art for one year at Westminster Art School. After school she became a full-time writer, writing short stories and working on a novel. In 1938 she married Major Geoffrey Castle, an aeronautical engineer. During World War II she served as an Army Education Lecturer, travelling and lecturing and continuing to write. She produced 26 novels for adults, 14 stories for children, 4 plays, 2 mysteries, and many short stories. Her most famous work is The Rescuers series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was adapted in two animated feature films, The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.
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The turret
9 editions - first published in 1963 -
The nutmeg tree
7 editions - first published in 1937 -
Miss Bianca
7 editions - first published in 1962 Borrow -
Cluny Brown
5 editions - first published in 1944 Borrow -
The Eye of Love
5 editions - first published in 1957 Borrow -
Miss Bianca in the salt mines
5 editions - first published in 1966 Borrow -
Miss Bianca in the Orient
5 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
The sun in Scorpio
5 editions - first published in 1965 Borrow -
Something light
4 editions - first published in 1960 -
The flowering thorn
4 editions - first published in 1934 Borrow -
The foolish gentlewoman
3 editions - first published in 1950 -
Martha in Paris
3 editions - first published in 1962 -
Martha, Eric & George
3 editions - first published in 1964 -
The stone of chastity
3 editions - first published in 1940 -
Rosa
3 editions - first published in 1969 -
Britannia Mews
3 editions - first published in 1946 Borrow -
The innocents
3 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow -
In pious memory
3 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
The eye of love
2 editions - first published in 1957 -
The nutmeg tree
2 editions - first published in 1951 -
Rosa
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
The sun in scorpio
2 editions - first published in 1965 -
The gipsy in the parlour
2 editions - first published in 1953 -
Lise Lillywhite
2 editions - first published in 1951 -
In Pious Memory
2 editions - first published in 1967 -
The nymph and the nobleman
2 editions - first published in 1932 -
Lise Lillywhite
2 editions - first published in 1951 -
Miss Bianca
2 editions - first published in 1962 -
Rhododendron pie
2 editions - first published in 1930 -
The faithful servants
2 editions - first published in 1975 Borrow -
Miss Bianca and the bridesmaid
2 editions - first published in 1972 Borrow -
Summer visits
2 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
The flowering thorn
2 editions - first published in 1958 -
The foolish gentlewoman
2 editions - first published in 1948 Borrow -
Britannia Gasse
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The faithful servants
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Rescuers, The
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
The turret
1 edition - first published in 1964 -
Foolish Gentlewoman
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
The innocents
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Bernard into battle
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Martha, Eric & George
1 edition - first published in 1964 -
THE RESCUERS, THE TURRET, MISS BIANCA
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
Nutmeg Tree
1 edition - first published in 1984 -
Lost at the fair
1 edition - first published in 1967 -
The Flowering Thorn
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
Summer visits
1 edition - first published in 1977 -
Bernard et Bianca, le brave des braves (IdeÌal-bibliotheÌque)
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Miss Bianca and the Rescuers
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
The magical cockatoo
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Lady in waiting
1 edition - first published in 1941 -
Harlequin house
1 edition - first published in 1939 -
Britannia mews
1 edition - first published in 1946 -
Turret, The
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Something light
1 edition - first published in 1960 -
Martha in Paris
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Bernard/bianca 2-in-1 for Sbf
1 edition - first published in 1994 -
The Rescuers/The Turret/Miss Bianca
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
The tigress on the hearth
1 edition - first published in 1955 -
Miss Bianca in the salt mines
1 edition - first published in 1966 -
Britannia news
1 edition - first published in 1946 -
Cluny Brown
1 edition - first published in 1969 -
Liebe auf den letzten Blick
1 edition - first published in 1964 -
The Nutmeg Tree
1 edition - first published in 2003 -
The Eye of Love
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
Melisande
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
The rescuers
1 edition - first published in 2011 -
The gipsy in the parlour
1 edition - first published in 1954 -
Sophy Cassmajor
1 edition - first published in 1934 -
Fanfare for tin trumpets
1 edition - first published in 1933 -
The magical cockatoo
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Miss Bianca Salt Mines Sharp
1 edition - first published in 1966 -
Miss Bianca in the Orient
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
The Rescuers/Miss Bianca/The Turret
1 edition - first published in 2003 -
Die Vollkommene lady
1 edition - first published in 1965 -
Stone of chastity
1 edition - first published in 1969 -
Three companion pieces
1 edition - first published in 1941 -
Die Vollkommene Lady
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The gipsy in the parlour
1 edition - first published in 1953 Borrow -
Four gardens
1 edition - first published in 1935 Borrow -
Lost at the fair
1 edition - first published in 1965 Borrow -
Miss Bianca in the Antarctic
1 edition - first published in 1971 Borrow -
The nutmeg tree
1 edition - first published in 1937 Borrow -
Rosa
1 edition - first published in 1970 Borrow -
Something light.
1 edition - first published in 1960 Borrow -
The turret
1 edition - first published in 1977 Borrow -
The nutmeg tree
1 edition - first published in 1937 Borrow -
Disney's The rescuers
1 edition - first published in 1989 Borrow -
The rescuers
1 edition - first published in 1974 Borrow
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History Created April 1, 2008 · 3 revisions
| November 30, 2010 | Edited by Alan Millar | merge authors |
| September 5, 2008 | Edited by RenameBot | fix author name |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |