Catherine Cookson

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born

June 27, 1906 in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, The United Kingdom

died

June 11, 1998

gender

female

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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 Col...more

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Books by Catherine Cookson

Average rating: 3.67 · 10,845 ratings · 591 reviews · 154 distinct works

	The Dwelling Place 3.89 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 1974 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Glass Virgin 3.62 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1969 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Mallen Streak 3.68 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Black Velvet Gown 3.73 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Tilly Trotter 3.80 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 1980 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Fifteen Streets 3.71 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 1952 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Rag Nymph 3.79 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Girl 3.62 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1977 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Katie Mulholland. 3.75 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1967 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Tilly Trotter Wed 3.67 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	My rating:

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Series by Catherine Cookson

The Tiller Trotter Trilogy (4 books)
by Catherine Cookson

3.77 avg rating — 730 ratings

The Mallen Trilogy (3 books)
by Catherine Cookson

3.75 avg rating — 719 ratings

The Mary Ann Series (8 books)
by Catherine Cookson

3.91 avg rating — 491 ratings

The Bailey Chronicles (3 books)
by Catherine Cookson

3.73 avg rating — 275 ratings

The Hamilton Trilogy (3 books)
by Catherine Cookson

3.66 avg rating — 131 ratings

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Quotes by Catherine Cookson

“You have never kissed me. Patted me, hugged me, but you've never kissed me."
"Oh, Rosie, Rosie." His face looked on the point of laughter, then his lips fell gently on hers and he held the kiss for some time. Now, pressing her face from him, he said "That's merely an introduction. When your cheek is better I'll do it properly.”
― Catherine Cookson, The Obsession

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“The Girl was gone, buried in the past. She never wanted to hear that name again. She a women for better for worse. Whatever the future might bring she could face it as a women, Ned Ridley's woman.”
― Catherine Cookson, The Girl

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“You make your son out to be to be almost an idiot; well let me tell you something, Mrs Loan, if he were a complete idiot, drooling at the mouth, he'd still be a better person then you.”
― Catherine Cookson, The Girl

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