[14] In October 1956 Skeete entered King's College, University of London, where she gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and then a BA Hons in History.
[17] In her retirement, Monica spent some years in Harare, Zimbabwe, with her husband and became a passionate advocate of African Studies.
[19] As well as writing short stories that were published in BIM, the now legendary regional literary little magazine edited from Barbados by Frank Collymore.
[20] In a 1961 "Notebook" preface to BIM, Collymore refers to Skeete as "a short story writer of great promise and a teacher at Queen's College".
[21] Time Out, her 70-page story collection, was published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd as part of their Authors of the Caribbean series in 1978.