Peterson, Margaret
Entry updated 7 August 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1883-1933) UK author three of whose novels have some sf interest: Deadly Nightshade (1924), a Lost Race tale in which a civilization of Ancient Egyptians is discovered in Africa, guarded by a race of ape-people (see Apes as Human) and ruled by a She figure; Moonflowers (1926), which features, unusually, a female Vampire; and The Yellow People; Or, Queen of Sheba's Tomb: A Story of Adventure in Central Africa (1928), another lost race tale set in Africa, one of whose protagonists is an "ape-boy" (see Tarzan). [JC]
Margaret Ann Peterson
born 6 November 1883
died 28 December 1933
works
- Deadly Nightshade (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1924) [hb/]
- Moonflowers (London: Hutchinson and Co, 1926) [hb/]
- The Yellow People; Or, Queen of Sheba's Tomb: A Story of Adventure in Central Africa (London: John F Shaw, 1928) [illus/hb/J C B Knight]
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