Bringing forgotten histories and true stories vividly to life.
Margaret Moxom is a Staffordshire-based author whose work blends true crime, historical fiction, local history, and the supernatural.
Since retiring in 2016 and moving to the Staffordshire Moorlands, she has written eight books inspired by real events, forgotten histories, and extensive archival research. Her investigations have taken her from local historical records to the National Archives at Kew, uncovering stories of murder, injustice, wartime tragedy, and resilience.
Drawing on real testimonies, court records, newspaper archives, maps, and local history, Margaret brings the past vividly to life through compelling storytelling grounded in truth.
From London to Staffordshire
Margaret spent most of her working life in London, including her final position at an NHS mental health hospital in North London.
Earlier in life, she lived in Ostend, Belgium, where she owned a pub with her former husband and learned Dutch during her time there. It was during this period that she gathered many of the experiences that later inspired her first book, Escape from Reality.
After returning to London, Margaret met her partner of more than 31 years and continued developing her passion for writing, history, and storytelling.
Alongside writing, she has painted throughout her life, primarily in oils, and continues to maintain a deep interest in art, local heritage, archives, and historical research.
Inspired by Real History
Margaret’s books are rooted in real people, real places, and real events.
Her research has included archived police files, trial transcripts,
historical newspapers, maps, witness statements, and personal testimonies gathered from families and local communities.
For her latest work, A Llanrwst Christmas: Not Worth Dying For, Margaret travelled to the National Archives at Kew to examine hundreds of original documents relating to a 1937 murder case that led to a woman being sentenced to hang.
Through painstaking research, she uncovered inconsistencies in the investigation and trial, questioning whether justice had truly been served.
Her aim is not simply to retell history, but to uncover the human stories, forgotten truths, and unanswered questions behind it.
Beyond her writing, Margaret has maintained a lifelong passion for painting and the arts.
She also has a deep interest in Staffordshire history, local heritage, ghost stories, and the paranormal, themes that continue to inspire much of her storytelling.
Her work reflects a fascination with ordinary people caught within extraordinary historical events, and a belief that every forgotten story deserves to be remembered.
Let’s Keep the Stories Alive
To explore Margaret’s books, historical research, and latest projects, visit the Books page or get in touch through the Contact page.
The past is never truly gone , it is simply waiting to be remembered.