Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough (1937–2015) was an Australian author best known for her sweeping romance The Thorn Birds (1977) and the historical Masters of Rome series. Trained as a neurophysiologist, she worked in Sydney and at Yale before becoming a full-time writer, producing 25 novels across romance, historical fiction, and mystery genres. She lived on Norfolk Island from the late 1970s until her death.

Wellington, New South Wales, Australia Jun 1, 1937 Wikipedia
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