Editing Mollie Hardwick

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{{for|the author who uses Mollie Hardwick as a pen name|P. C. Doherty}}
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'''Mollie Greenhalgh Hardwick''' (7 March 1916 in [[Prestwich]], [[Lancashire]] &ndash; 13 December 2003), also known as '''Mary Atkinson''', was an English [[author]] who was best known for writing books that accompanied the TV series ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''.

Hardwick began her career as a radio announcer at the BBC in the 1940s, and following the Second World War worked in the corporation's drama department until 1962. As well as writing ''Upstairs, Downstairs'', ''[[Thomas & Sarah]]'' and ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'', she was also the creator of the ''Doran Fairweather'' novels and wrote three ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'' books. Hardwick also wrote many books and plays based on the [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories, and a couple of biographies of [[Lady Emma Hamilton]] and [[Mary Anne Disraeli]].

She married fellow author [[Michael Hardwick]] in 1961 and together they co-wrote numerous books, mostly relating to Sherlock Holmes but also a number on [[Charles Dickens]]. The couple lived in a medieval house in a village in [[Kent]]. She died after a fire broke out at her flat in [[Muswell Hill]], [[London]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/son-had-to-abandon-author-in-home-fire-l5fvl8zqn7c|title=Son had to abandon author in home fire|website=The Times|location=London|date=7 May 2004}}</ref>

==References==
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*[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/son-had-to-abandon-author-in-home-fire-l5fvl8zqn7c ''The Times'']

==External links==
*[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/mollie-hardwick/ Mollie Hardwick] at Fantastic Fiction
*[http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels2/hardwickm.htm Selected Bibliography]
*[https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2004/mollie-hardwick/ Obituary in ''The Stage'']

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