Marriage and Family
Maria married Alan Ibbotson in 1947. She turned her back on science with some relief. They moved to Newcastle upon Tyne where they raised their family of three sons and a daughter.
Eva Ibbotson returned to college, graduating with a diploma in education in 1965 from the University of Durham. She briefly became a teacher in the 1960s before embarking on her writing career.
Ibbotson was widowed. She died at her home in Newcastle on 20 October 2010, during post-production of a film adaptation of her first novel The Great Ghost Rescue, directed by Yann Samuell. A film was also being developed of her bestselling novel The Morning Gift.
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