Catherine Cookson

British writer.

Born June 20th, 1906 in South Shields, Tyne Dock. [ref]

Died June 11th, 1998 at 91 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne. [ref]

Occupations
novelist, writer
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan