Margot Livesey grew up in the Scottish Highlands. She received her BA in English and philosophy at the University of York in England, and she spent most of her twenties working in shops and restaurants. This is also the time she learned to write. Her biography states, "Her first book, a collection of stories called Learning By Heart, was published by Penguin Canada in 1986” (Margot Livesey).
Impressively, "Margot has taught at Boston University, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon, Cleveland State, Emerson College, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Tufts University, the University of California at Irvine, the Warren Wilson College MFA program for writers, and Williams College” (Margot Livesey).
Bibliography: Margot Livesey: About the Author. 2019, https://margotlivesey.com/about-the-author.html Accessed 6 Oct. 2019.