Michael Dibdin died in March of this year, while Magdalen Nabb's obituaries have just recently appeared..
Michael Dibdin, also born in the U.K. and raised in Ireland, curiously, was born in the same year as Magdalen Nabb, and died the same year she did as well.
Magdalen Nabb
British author (–)
Magdalen Nabb (néeNuttal; 16 January – 18 August ) was a British author, best known for the Marshal Guarnaccia detective novels.
Early life and education
Magdalen Nuttal was born in Church, Lancashire on 16 January , and was raised in Ramsbottom.[1] She went by 'Magda' with her two sisters and parents.
Both of her parents' died while she was in childhood; her father died of rheumatic fever at age 32 when she was 7, and her mother died suddenly when Nuttal was She and her sisters moved in with their aunt, but within two weeks, their uncle died.[2]
Nuttal attended the Convent Grammar School in Bury, Greater Manchester, then attended an art college in Manchester,[1] where she studied arts and pottery.[citation needed]
Career
Nabb began her career teaching art at a primary school in Holcombe, Greater Manchester.[2]
After moving to Florence in , Nabb initially worked as a grape-picker