She married John Swift in 1934 and settled in Somerset where she began The Far Island. Margot Pardoe's childhood provided her with many of the settings for her books: she was born in London, educated in Hertfordshire and Paris, and had holidays in the continent and remote locations in Britain. The Times Literary Supplement characterised The Far Island as "realistic as well as charming" some of her later books were featured on Children's Hour when the part of Bunkle was taken by a young Billie Whitelaw, under the supervision of producer Trevor Hill. Pardoe published over 20 books, most of which were extremely popular as well as positively reviewed. She is known best for the Bunkle adventure series. Her career spanned over 20 years from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. Margot Pardoe (8 August 1902 – 5 January 1996) was a British writer of children's fiction under the name M.
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