Marie-Térèse Baird

Marie-Térèse Baird
Born(1918-04-16)16 April 1918
Antwerp, Belgium
DiedApril 2001(2001-04-00) (aged 82–83)
Reading, Berkshire
Notable worksThe Scorpions, A Lesson in Love (US) / A Shining Furrow (UK)

Marie-Térèse Baird was a Belgian-born British novelist. She is best-known for her 1973 novel A Lesson in Love (released in the UK as A Shining Furrow), upon which was based the 1981 film Circle of Two (also distributed under the title Obsession), directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Burton and Tatum O'Neal.