Catherine Cookson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dame Catherine Cookson, DBE (27 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was an English author. She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, 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.
She also authored books under the names of both Catherine Marchant and Katie McMullen.
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours List and the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to literature.