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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 | [[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> | :"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> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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). 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.[1] She is perhaps best known for Palimpsest and Cruel as the Grave.[2]
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."[3]
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.[4]
References
<references>
- ↑ Amiable Warriors Volume One, page 128 footnote.
- ↑ http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/meg-elizabeth-atkins-rip.html
- ↑ Interviewed by Peter Scott-Presland, January 2012. Quoted in Amiable Warriors Volume One, page 128.
- ↑ Amiable Warriors Volume One, page 129–130.