Editing Michael Gilbert (section)

==Personal life and death==
Gilbert married Roberta Mary Marsden in 1947; together the couple had two sons and five daughters. One daughter, [[Harriett Gilbert|Harriett]], born in 1948, became a novelist and broadcaster for [[BBC World Service]].

Gilbert died at the age of 93 on 8 February 2006 at his home in [[Luddesdown]], [[Gravesend]], Kent. He was survived by Roberta, his wife of nearly sixty years, and all of their children.<ref>''[[Amateur in Violence]]'', [[Ellery Queen]], editor, [[Davis Publications]], New York, 1973, page 4, much of the biographical information is from the Introduction by Ellery Queen to this collection.</ref><ref name="Guardian obit">HRF Keating, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Michael Gilbert obituary], ''The Guardian'', Friday 10 February 2006.</ref>