Cookson Country

by Catherine Cookson

Catherine Cookson Country - Her Pictorial Memoir Catherine Cookson; Tom Cookson; John Foster White and John Smith

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 1986

About the author

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, who Catherine believed was her older sister. Catherine 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 contemporary woman novelist. She received an OBE in 1985, was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997.

For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne.

Reviews

[Yolanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love picture books. This was a great way to see the area that Catherine grew up on and gain some reality on her settings!

[Brian Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have learnt how to write for a wide audience from reading this book.