Jones, Kathleen. Catherine Cookson: The Biography. Constable, 1999.
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Publishing
Catherine Cookson
The publication of her first book involved several strokes of luck. A visiting lecturer at the writers' circle suggested an agent. Murray Thompson
, of Macdonald
, thought the work too grim for romantic fiction...
Publishing
Catherine Cookson
In the same year, 1957, she also drafted The Bonny Dawn, an experimental novel. This takes place in the course of a single day, during which the respectability of the past is ripped away...
Publishing
Catherine Cookson
A new edition of Our Kate in 1974 had eight pages of plates and the subtitle Catherine Cookson, Her Personal Story; a 1982 edition appeared as Catherine Cookson, Her Personal Story: Our Kate...
Publishing
Gladys Henrietta Schütze
The phrase Harlequin Set describes a dinner-service composed of plates of different patterns. GHS
explains how she and her husband had collected decorative plates, one by one, from many countries on their holidays, which they...
Textual Production
Phyllis Bentley
Near the end of her career, PB
wrote five historical and adventure novels intended for a young adult audience. The first, The Adventures of Tom Leigh, appeared in 1964, followed in March 1967 by...
Timeline
1948: Rosalind Wade published another novel through...
Women writers item
1948
Rosalind Wade
published another novel through Macdonald
. This one was titled The Widows.