Morgan completed her last year of high school at MacPherson Academy, after which she took a Commercial Course at Bishop Spencer, where her formal education ended.
During those years she continued to write, winning several Newfoundland & Labrador Arts and Letters Awards and publishing in local newspapers and magazines and on CBC Radio.
Morgan's first writing job was at the Daily News where she published a weekly column titled "Suburban Scrawl" under the pseudonym Maggie Barrett.
Morgan, together with writers Helen Fogwell Porter and Geraldine Chafe Rubia, edited "From This Place" (Jesperson Press, 1977), a collection of the writing by 45 women of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Literary magazines that have published Morgan's short stories include "Fiddlehead", "The Pottersfield Portfolio", "Grain", and "Tickle Ace".
School textbooks with Morgan's short stories include "Themes For All Times"(Jesperson Press); "Cultures" (Harcourt Brace); and "Openings" and "Stages" (Breakwater Books).
In 2002, the four-part TV mini-series Random Passage, produced by Barbara Doran, was aired in Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Company and in Ireland.
[8][9] In the summer of 2022 Perchance Theatre, based in Cupids, NL, mounted Morgan's play "Area of Uncertainty" under the direction of Sarah Phillips.
In 2020 the St. John's YWCA presented her with their Woman of Distinction Award,[11] and in December of that year, Morgan was inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (ArtsNL) Hall of Honour.