Laski, Marghanita (1915–1988)

English writer and broadcaster. Her first novel was Love on the Supertax (1944), which was followed by, among others, Tory Heaven (1948), Little Boy Lost (1949), The Victorian Chaise-Longue (1953), and a play, The Offshore Island (1959). A prominent agnostic controversialist, she published Ecstasy: A Study of Some Secular and Religious Experiences (1961) and The Secular Responsibility (1969). Her critical works include Jane Austen and her World (1969). She was the daughter of Harold Laski.