Margaret Way

Margaret Way was a prolific Australian writer of romance novels and women's fiction. She wrote over 120 novels since 1970 for British publisher Harlequin Mills & Boon, selling over twenty million copies worldwide and hitting the USA Today bestseller list.

Margaret Way was born in the City of Brisbane. She was the fourth of six children and had two sisters and three brothers. A Conservatorium trained pianist, teacher, accompanist, and vocal coach, her musical career came to an unexpected end when she took up writing, initially as a fun thing to do.

Margaret Way spent many years living in Auckland with her husband, Alan Way, a flourishing baritone. Their son, Lawrence, was born in New Zealand in 1967. After returning to Australia, Way wrote several novels before debuting with the M&B book Summer Magic (1971).

Set in Australia, most of her stories are full of rugged rancher heroes, believable heroines, and vivid outback landscapes.

She retired from writing for Mills & Boon only in 2012, and her last title, Guardian to the Heiress, was published in the Harlequin Romance/Mills & Boon Cherish line in March 2013.

Margaret Way passed away on 10th August 2022, aged 87.