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	Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''The Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref name=dyw>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''The Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref name=dyw>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

	Although heterosexual ~~and married~~, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:		Although heterosexual, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:
	:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>		:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>

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	[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, ~~1932~~<ref>http://www.omnilexica.com/?q=meg+elizabeth+atkins</ref>~~–2013)~~ was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, 1932–2013)<ref>http://www.omnilexica.com/?q=meg+elizabeth+atkins</ref><ref name=dyw /> was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).

	Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''The Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref name=dyw>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

	Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:		Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:

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	[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, ~~died 2013~~) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, 1932<ref>http://www.omnilexica.com/?q=meg+elizabeth+atkins</ref>–2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).

	Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>
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	[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).

	Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

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	[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' Margaret Elizabeth Atkins, died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).

	Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

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	[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).

	Meg Atkins was born in Essex and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		Meg Atkins was born in [[Essex]] and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

	Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:		Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:

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	:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>		:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>

	Around 1966 she conducted a personal campaign around the industrial firms in the Trafford Park estate in Manchester, visiting firms' welfare officers, and asking them to support the campaign for decriminalisation.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, ~~page~~ 129–130.</ref>		Around 1966 she conducted a personal campaign around the industrial firms in the Trafford Park estate in Manchester, visiting firms' welfare officers, and asking them to support the campaign for decriminalisation.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, pages 129–130.</ref>

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	[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC). Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC).

	Meg Atkins worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:		Meg Atkins was born in Essex and worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Later she became a full-time writer, living with her husband in [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_Out_of_Season.html?id=w3OdGTPE-zEC&redir_esc=y Google Books.</ref> Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

			Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:
	:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>		:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>

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	'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC). She is perhaps best known for ~~her novels~~ ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>		[[File:Meg Elizabeth Atkins.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Elizabeth Atkins, about 1980]]'''Meg Elizabeth Atkins''' (died 2013) was a novelist and an active member of the [[North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee]] (NWHLRC). Her early novel ''Gemini'' (which she later repudiated as an apprentice effort) has a gay theme. Later she specialised in crime fiction, with her series character DCI Sheldon.<ref>[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128 footnote.</ref> She is perhaps best known for ''Palimpsest'' and ''Cruel as the Grave''.<ref>http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html</ref>

	Meg Atkins worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the Committee because her best friend was a gay man:		Meg Atkins worked as a stable hand before moving to [[Manchester]] where she worked as a secretary, flitting between jobs to support her writing. Although heterosexual and married, she got involved in the North Western Committee because her best friend was a gay man:
	:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>''Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in [[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>		:"It seemed to me a total injustice that simply because of your sexual inclinations you should be criminalised."<ref>Interviewed by [[Peter Scott-Presland]], January 2012. Quoted in ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 128.</ref>

			Around 1966 she conducted a personal campaign around the industrial firms in the Trafford Park estate in Manchester, visiting firms' welfare officers, and asking them to support the campaign for decriminalisation.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, page 129–130.</ref>

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