I remember the South Tyneside library involvement in the 'Catherine Cookson Country' initiative in the mid-1980s - her books were hugely popular.
#CatherineCookson
Dr Karen McAulay
Catherine Cookson died on this day 1998, aged 91. One of Britain's most prolific and widely read novelists. She wrote more than 100 historical sagas inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields.
