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Dame Catherine Cookson was born Catherine Ann McMullen on the 27 June 1906 at South Shields.
She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Tyneside, North East England, the setting for her novels.
Written as Catherine Cookson
The Fifteen Streets (1952)
Colour Blind (1953)
Maggie Rowan (1954)
Rooney (1957)
The Menagerie (1958)
Fanny McBride (1959)
Fenwick Houses (1960)
The Garment (1962)
The Blind Miller (1963)
The Wingless Bird (1964)
Hannah Massey (1964)
The Long Corridor (1965)
Matty Doolin (1965)
The Unbaited Trap (1966)
Slinky Jane (1967)
Katie Mulholland (1967)
The Round Tower (1968)
The Nice Bloke (1969) aka The Husband (1969)
The Glass Virgin (1969)
The Invitation (1970)
The Dwelling Place (1971)
Feathers in the Fire (1971)
Pure as the Lily (1972)
The Invisible Cord (1975)
The Gambling Man (1975)
The Tide of Life (1976)
The Girl (1977)
The Cinder Path (1978)
The Man Who Cried (1979)
The Whip (1983) aka The Spaniard's Gift (1989)
The Black Velvet Gown (1984)
The Bannaman Legacy (1985) aka A Dinner of
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