I retired in 2016 and came to live in Werrington, Staffordshire Moorlands. Since then, I have written seven books, all based on true, historical events that mostly took place in Staffordshire. I trained to be a teacher of Art and German, but spent most of my working life as a secretary, my final position being at an NHS mental health hospital in North London. I've lived most of my life in London, except for four years, when I bought a pub in Ostend, Belgium, with my then husband, where I was able to learn Dutch. We split up, and I met my partner of 33+ years in Ostend, so I returned with her to London. I then wrote my first book, "Escape from Reality", based on my experiences in Ostend  (BLGQT category).  I am in the process of resurrecting this to republish it.  I also wrote two short stories based on a fictional detective in Ostend - both based on true murders/suicides. 

I have painted all of my life, in oils, including painting the covers for my books - see my website Artweb/Margaret Moxom. 
On 5 December 2025 I gave a talk, in Llanrwst, North Wales, about a true Christmas Day murder in 1937, in Llanrwst - and my book "A Llanrwst Christmas, Not Worth Dying For".  I am regularly asked to give talks about my books. I thoroughly research all the history pertaining to my book stories. For the  Llanrwst book, I went to Kew Archives, in London, to get copies of all the information they have on the murder case.