Margery Sharp
Born 25 January 1905 · Died 14 March 1991
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.
========== The Rescuers original book series list: 1. The Rescuers 1959 (quite different from the movie) 2. Miss Bianca 1962 3. The Turret 1963 4. Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines 1967 5. Miss Bianca in the Orient 1970 6. Miss Bianca in the Antarctic 1971 7. Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid 1972 8. Bernard the Brave 1977 9. Bernard into Battle 1978 (reviewer's note: violence, not recommended for small children)
Novelizations of the Disney movies, The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990) are also available.
Books by Margery Sharp in order
Books by Margery Sharp in the order they were published, from Rhododendron Pie (1930) to Rescuers (2010).
- 1Rhododendron Pie
Rhododendron Pie1930 - 2The Flowering Thorn
The Flowering Thorn1934 - 3Four Gardens
Four Gardens1935 - 4The Nutmeg Tree
The Nutmeg Tree1937 - 5The Stone of Chastity
The Stone of Chastity1940 - 6Cluny Brown
Cluny Brown1944 - 7Britannia Mews
Britannia Mews1946 - 8The Foolish Gentlewoman
The Foolish Gentlewoman1948 - 9The Gipsy in the Parlour
The Gipsy in the Parlour1953 - 10The Eye of Love
The Eye of Love1957 - 11Something Light
Something Light1960 - 12Miss Bianca
Miss Bianca1962 - 13The Turret
The Turret1963 - 14Martha, Eric and George
Martha, Eric and George1964 - 15Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines
Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines1966 - 16Miss Bianca in the Orient
Miss Bianca in the Orient1970 - 17Miss Bianca in the Antarctic
Miss Bianca in the Antarctic1971 - 18The Innocents
The Innocents1971 - 19Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid
Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid1972 - 20The Faithful Servants
The Faithful Servants1975 - 21Bernard the Brave
Bernard the Brave1976 - 22Disney's The Rescuers
Disney's The Rescuers1989 - 23Rescuers
Rescuers2010 - 24Martha in Paris, a Novel
Martha in Paris, a Novel