Ercole, Velia [“Margaret Gregory”], 1903 – 1978.
No escape / by Velia Ercole. (London : Thornton Butterworth, 1932)
Margaret Gregory was born in White Cliffs, NSW, into an Italian family. No Escape, her first novel, explores the experience of immigrants settling in a new country through the character Dr Leo Gherardi, an Italian doctor who initially has difficulty adapting to life in rural Australia. The novel won the
Bulletin novel competition for 1932. All but Ercole’s first two of her novels were published under the pseudonym “Margaret Gregory”. Ercole eventually settled in England.
