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Catherine Cookson perhaps for us , she must have based her work on the North East. South Shields has a close connection I believe
Catherine Cookson on screen
South Shields-born Catherine Cookson's books and the films they were made into have captured the hearts of millions of people over the years.
Dame Catherine Cookson's work helped to put the North East firmly on the map.
Her fiction was set in the region and millions of copies were sold around the world.
Then when the books were made into films, North East locations were used, taking the region's locations into people's living rooms.
Catherine Cookson on screen
South Shields-born Catherine Cookson's books and the films they were made into have captured the hearts of millions of people over the years.
Dame Catherine Cookson's work helped to put the North East firmly on the map.
Her fiction was set in the region and millions of copies were sold around the world.
Then when the books were made into films, North East locations were used, taking the region's locations into people's living rooms.