Alanna Knight

Alanna Knight MBE (born Gladys Allan Cleet, February 24, 1923 – December 2, 2020) was a British writer based in Edinburgh. She wrote over sixty novels, including romances, mysteries, crime, historical, and time travel stories, as well as plays, biographies, and histories. She sometimes published under the pen name Margaret Hope. Knight was known for her Inspector Faro mysteries, set in the nineteenth century, and also wrote a series about a time-traveling detective, Tam Eildor, and series about women detectives. She also wrote gothic romances, true crime, writing advice, memoirs, and biographies. Knight was made a Member of the British Empire for services to literature in 2014.