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Catherine Cookson's books are inspired by her youth in South Tyneside.
Author - Catherine Cookson
Explore Catherine Cookson’s gritty novels, set in working-class northern England, and discover how her powerful characters and life stories made her one of Britain’s most borrowed authors.
1 .
Which novel was adapted for television in 1999, with Carli Norris in the title role?
Tammy Trotter
Terri Trotter
Tilly Trotter
Tracy Trotter
There are three books featuring Tilly Trotter - Tilly Trotter, Tilly Trotter Wed and Tilly Trotter Widowed
2 .
Cookson was born in which area of England?
Merseyside
Teesside
Tyneside
Wearside
She was born in Tyne Dock, South Shields, in what was then County Durham, in 1906
3 .
In the 1978 TV adaptation of The Mallens, who played Donald Radlet, the illegitimate son of Thomas Mallen?
John Alderton
John Duttine
Robson Green
John Thaw
The adaptation was based on the three novels, The Mallen Streak, The Mallen Girl and The Mallen Litter
4 .
Which Cookson character made her first appearance in the 1954 novel A Grand Man?
Mary Ann
Mary Beth
Mary Jane
Mary Rose
The book is about Mary Ann's childhood and growing up in Ireland with an alcoholic father
5 .
Cookson met her husband Tom in which town?
Bournemouth
Brighton
Eastbourne
Hastings
She married Tom Cookson, a teacher at Hastings Grammar School, in 1940 when she was 34. They were still married when she died 58 years later
6 .
In the 1957 novel Rooney, what is the title character's job?
Bus driver
Dustman
Farm labourer
Fisherman
John Gregson played Rooney in the 1958 film version
7 .
In later life, after a spell living in the south of England, Cookson and her husband settled in which market town in Northumberland?
Alnwick
Corbridge
Hexham
Morpeth
Corbridge is 16 miles west of Newcastle and 4 miles east of Hexham
8 .
What was the title of Cookson's first short story, written when she was only eleven?
The Wild Gypsy Girl
The Wild Irish Girl
The Wild Servant Girl
The Wild Welsh Girl
Catherine sent her story to the South Shields Gazette, which sent it back three days later
9 .
What is the title of the 1952 novel centred around the O'Brien family?
The Thirteen Streets
The Fourteen Streets
The Fifteen Streets
The Sixteen Streets
The book is set in East Jarrow where Cookson lived as a child
10 .
In the Mallen Streak trilogy, what was the Mallen Streak?
A flash of white hair
A footrace
A horse
A steam locomotive
All the male Mallens had it; it was said to carry a curse
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