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Catherine Cookson

(Dame Catherine Ann Cookson)
UK  (1906 - 1998)
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Catherine Marchant
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About Catherine Cookson
Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master. Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular of contemporary women novelists. After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997. For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998.
 
Novels
Kate Hannigan (1950)
The Fifteen Streets (1952)
Colour Blind (1953)
Maggie Rowan (1954)
Rooney (1957)
The Menagerie (1958)
Fanny McBride (1959)
Slinky Jane (1959)
Fenwick Houses (1960)
The Garment (1962)
The Blind Miller (1963)
Hannah Massey (1964)
Matty Doolin (1965)
The Unbaited Trap (1966)
Katie Mulholland (1967)
Joe and the Gladiator (1968)
The Round Tower (1968)
The Glass Virgin (1969)
The Nice Bloke (1969)
The Nipper (1970)
The Invitation (1970)
The Dwelling Place (1971)
Blue Baccy (1972)
Feathers in the Fire (1972)
Pure as the Lily (1972)
Our John Willie (1974)
The Invisible Cord (1975)
The Gambling Man (1975)
Mrs. Flannagan's Trumpet (1976)
The Tide of Life (1976)
The Girl (1977)
Go Tell It to Mrs. Golightly (1977)
The Cinder Path (1978)
The Man Who Cried (1979)
Lanky Jones (1980)
The Whip (1982)
The Black Velvet Gown (1984)
The Bannaman Legacy (1985)
A Dinner of Herbs (1985)
The Parson's Daughter (1987)
The Harrogate Secret (1988)
Rory's Fortune (1988)
The Winged Assassin (1988)
The Cultured Handmaiden (1988)
The Spaniard's Gift (1989)
The Thorman Inheritance (1989)
The Black Candle (1989)
The Gillyvors (1990)
The Wingless Bird (1990)
The Love Child (1991)
My Beloved Son (1991)
Bill and the Mary Ann Shaughnessy (1991)
The Rag Nymph (1991)
The House of Women (1992)
The Maltese Angel (1992)
The Golden Straw (1993)
The Year of the Virgins (1993)
Justice Is a Woman (1994)
The Tinker's Girl (1994)
The Obsession (1995)
A Ruthless Need (1995)
The Upstart (1996)
The Branded Man (1996)
The Bonny Dawn (1996)
The Desert Crop (1997)
The Lady on My Left (1997)
The Bondage of Love (1997)
The Solace of Sin (1998)
Riley (1998)
The Blind Years (1998)
A House Divided (1999)
The Thursday Friend (1999)
Kate Hannigan's Girl (2000)
Rosie of the River (2000)
The Silent Lady (2001)
Kate HanniganThe Fifteen StreetsColour BlindMaggie Rowan
RooneyThe MenagerieFanny McBrideSlinky Jane
Fenwick HousesThe GarmentThe Blind MillerHannah Massey
Matty DoolinThe Unbaited TrapKatie MulhollandJoe and the Gladiator
The Round TowerThe Glass VirginThe Nice BlokeThe Nipper
The InvitationThe Dwelling PlaceBlue BaccyFeathers in the Fire
Pure as the LilyOur John WillieThe Invisible CordThe Gambling Man
Mrs. Flannagan's TrumpetThe Tide of LifeThe GirlGo Tell It to Mrs. Golightly
The Cinder PathThe Man Who CriedLanky JonesThe Whip
The Black Velvet GownThe Bannaman LegacyA Dinner of HerbsThe Parson's Daughter
The Harrogate SecretRory's FortuneThe Cultured HandmaidenThe Black Candle
The GillyvorsThe Wingless BirdThe Love ChildMy Beloved Son
Bill and the Mary Ann ShaughnessyThe Rag NymphThe House of WomenThe Maltese Angel
The Golden StrawThe Year of the VirginsJustice Is a WomanThe Tinker's Girl
The ObsessionA Ruthless NeedThe UpstartThe Branded Man
The Bonny DawnThe Desert CropThe Lady on My LeftThe Bondage of Love
The Solace of SinRileyThe Blind YearsA House Divided
The Thursday FriendKate Hannigan's GirlRosie of the RiverThe Silent Lady
 
Omnibus
Three Complete Novels: The Love Child, the Maltese Angel, the Year of the VirginsRooney / The Nice BlokeRooney AND Nice Bloke
 
Collections
The Simple Soul and Other StoriesJust a Saying
 
Picture Books
Nancy Nutall and the MongrelThe Moth
 
Catherine Cookson recommends
The Apple Tree Saga
The Apple Tree Saga (1977)
(Apple Tree Saga)
Mary E Pearce
"A storyteller after my own heart."
Kissing Shadows
Kissing Shadows (1999)
Sally Stewart
"In reading Sally Stewart's work, I've found someone after my own heart - a real storyteller."



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