Child of shame; AMAZING REAL-LIFE STORY OF WRITER CATHERINE COOKSON.(Features)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: June 19, 1998 | Copyright information

DAME Catherine Cookson died last Wednesday, just 10 days before her 92nd birthday. The writer who didn't put pen to paper until she was 44 went on to publish 93 novels, selling more than 100 million copies in 18 languages. She received 3,000 fan letters a year, and, for the last decade, headed the list of the most-borrowed library books.

In 1985, she received an OBE for her contribution to literature. Eight years later, she was made a DBE.

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