Michele Regina Hanson (September 13, 1942 â March 2, 2018) was a British writer and a columnist for The Guardian. Hanson's nickname for her daughter was used for her character, Treasure, who originated in her Guardian column and appeared in two books, Treasure: The Trials of a Teenage Terror (1993) and What Treasure Did Next (1996). These were the basis for the animated TV series Treasure.