[1][2][3] Margaret Ann Griffiths, who was of English and Welsh parentage, was born and raised in London and studied archaeology at Cardiff University.

[5] Rather than seek publication through traditional channels, she was content to share her work with fellow poets on various Internet forums, including Sonnet Central, where she volunteered as a moderator.

On the rare occasions she submitted work for publication, it was typically to online venues such as Snakeskin,[6] miller's pond,[7] and the Shit Creek Review.

[9] Key themes included pets and animals in the wild; poets and scholars; illness and aging; war; spirituality; and women and sexuality.

[10] After her death, the American poet Timothy Murphy wrote, "It is a shame that Margaret Griffiths never took the TLS, PN Review, and Faber by storm.

[14] Roger Collett of Arrowhead Press (a not-for-profit in County Durham, England), who had requested a manuscript from Griffiths while she was alive, offered to publish a collection.

[9] A collection of her poems, Grasshopper: The Poetry of M. A. Griffiths was published in the U.K. by Arrowhead Press in January 2011 with an introduction by the British poet Alan Wickes.