The Catherine Cookson Companion

Catherine Cookson may not be every reference librarian’s natural book selection biographee, but there can be no doubting her fame. Ninety‐five million copies of her books sold; ten UK bestsellers; the most borrowed book from UK libraries since the establishment of Public Lending Rights in 1983; 16 novels filmed for TV; 98 books published; OBE and Dame of the British Empire and many other awards and honours. As such, it is only right that a guidebook to her life, writings and fame should be produced.

Unlike most of the other staid examples of the “Companion to …” genre, this title...