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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.
Series
Mary Ann Shaughnessy
A Grand Man (1954)
The Lord and Mary Ann (1956)
The Devil and Mary Ann (1958)
Love and Mary Ann (1961)
Life and Mary Ann (1962)
Marriage and Mary Ann (1964)
Mary Ann's Angels (1965)
Mary Ann and Bill (1967)
Mary Ann Omnibus (omnibus) (1981)
The Mary Ann Novels (omnibus) (2000)
A Grand Man (1954)
The Lord and Mary Ann (1956)
The Devil and Mary Ann (1958)
Love and Mary Ann (1961)
Life and Mary Ann (1962)
Marriage and Mary Ann (1964)
Mary Ann's Angels (1965)
Mary Ann and Bill (1967)
Mary Ann Omnibus (omnibus) (1981)
The Mary Ann Novels (omnibus) (2000)
Mallen Family
The Mallen Girl (1973)
The Mallen Streak (1973)
The Mallen Litter (1974)
aka The Mallen Lot
The Mallen Novels (omnibus) (1979)
Mallen Streak / Mallen Girl / Mallen Litter (omnibus) (1994)
The Mallen Streak Trilogy: Mallen Streak, Mallen Girl, Mallen Litter (omnibus) (1999)
The Mallen Girl (1973)
The Mallen Streak (1973)
The Mallen Litter (1974)
aka The Mallen Lot
The Mallen Novels (omnibus) (1979)
Mallen Streak / Mallen Girl / Mallen Litter (omnibus) (1994)
The Mallen Streak Trilogy: Mallen Streak, Mallen Girl, Mallen Litter (omnibus) (1999)
Tilly Trotter
Tilly Trotter (1980)
Tilly Trotter Wed (1981)
Tilly Alone (1982)
Tilly Trotter Widowed (1982)
Tilly Trotter / Tilly Trotter Wed / Tilly Trotter Widowed (omnibus) (1993)
Tilly Trotter Omnibus (omnibus) (1999)
Tilly Trotter (1980)
Tilly Trotter Wed (1981)
Tilly Alone (1982)
Tilly Trotter Widowed (1982)
Tilly Trotter / Tilly Trotter Wed / Tilly Trotter Widowed (omnibus) (1993)
Tilly Trotter Omnibus (omnibus) (1999)
Hamilton
Hamilton (1983)
Goodbye Hamilton (1984)
Harold (1985)
Hamilton Trilogy: Hamilton, Goodbye Hamilton, Harold (omnibus) (1992)
The Hamiltons (omnibus) (2006)
Hamilton (1983)
Goodbye Hamilton (1984)
Harold (1985)
Hamilton Trilogy: Hamilton, Goodbye Hamilton, Harold (omnibus) (1992)
The Hamiltons (omnibus) (2006)
Bailey Chronicles
1. Bill Bailey (1986)
2. Bill Bailey's Lot (1987)
3. Bill Bailey's Daughter (1988)
The Bailey Chronicles (omnibus) (1989)
Bill Bailey: An Omnibus (omnibus) (1998)
1. Bill Bailey (1986)
2. Bill Bailey's Lot (1987)
3. Bill Bailey's Daughter (1988)
The Bailey Chronicles (omnibus) (1989)
Bill Bailey: An Omnibus (omnibus) (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)
Heritage of Folly (1962) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Fen Tiger (1963) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Blind Miller (1963)
The House of Men (1963) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
Hannah Massey (1964)
The Iron Facade (1965) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
Matty Doolin (1965)
The Long Corridor (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)
Feathers in the Fire (1972)
Blue Baccy (1972)
Pure as the Lily (1972)
Our John Willie (1974)
The Invisible Cord (1975)
Miss Martha Mary Crawford (1975) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Gambling Man (1975)
The Slow Awakening (1976) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Tide of Life (1976)
Mrs. Flannagan's Trumpet (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)
A Dinner of Herbs (1985)
The Bannaman Legacy (1985)
The Parson's Daughter (1987)
The Winged Assassin (1988)
The Cultured Handmaiden (1988)
The Harrogate Secret (1988)
Rory's Fortune (1988)
The Spaniard's Gift (1989)
The Thorman Inheritance (1989)
The Black Candle (1989)
The Wingless Bird (1990)
The Gillyvors (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)
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)
Heritage of Folly (1962) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Fen Tiger (1963) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Blind Miller (1963)
The House of Men (1963) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
Hannah Massey (1964)
The Iron Facade (1965) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
Matty Doolin (1965)
The Long Corridor (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)
Feathers in the Fire (1972)
Blue Baccy (1972)
Pure as the Lily (1972)
Our John Willie (1974)
The Invisible Cord (1975)
Miss Martha Mary Crawford (1975) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Gambling Man (1975)
The Slow Awakening (1976) (writing as Catherine Marchant)
The Tide of Life (1976)
Mrs. Flannagan's Trumpet (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)
A Dinner of Herbs (1985)
The Bannaman Legacy (1985)
The Parson's Daughter (1987)
The Winged Assassin (1988)
The Cultured Handmaiden (1988)
The Harrogate Secret (1988)
Rory's Fortune (1988)
The Spaniard's Gift (1989)
The Thorman Inheritance (1989)
The Black Candle (1989)
The Wingless Bird (1990)
The Gillyvors (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)
Omnibus
Matty Doolin/Joe and the Gladiator (1979)
Catherine Cookson Omnibus 1 (1993)
Three Complete Novels: The Love Child, the Maltese Angel, the Year of the Virgins (1996)
Rooney / The Nice Bloke (1999)
Rooney AND Nice Bloke (1999)
Catherine Cookson Omnibus 1 (1993)
Three Complete Novels: The Love Child, the Maltese Angel, the Year of the Virgins (1996)
Rooney / The Nice Bloke (1999)
Rooney AND Nice Bloke (1999)
Collections
Picture Books
Non fiction
Our Kate: An Autobiographical Memoir (1969)
Catherine Cookson Country (1986)
Let Me Make Myself Plain: A Personal Anthology (1988)
Plainer Still (1995)
Her Way (1996)
My Land of the North: Memories of a Northern Childhood (1999)
Kate's Daughter: The Real Catherine Cookson (2003) (with Piers Dudgeon)
Catherine Cookson Country (1986)
Let Me Make Myself Plain: A Personal Anthology (1988)
Plainer Still (1995)
Her Way (1996)
My Land of the North: Memories of a Northern Childhood (1999)
Kate's Daughter: The Real Catherine Cookson (2003) (with Piers Dudgeon)
Books about Catherine Cookson
Catherine Cookson recommends
 The Apple Tree Saga (1977) (Apple Tree Saga) Mary E Pearce "A storyteller after my own heart." |  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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