Fun Facts Friday: Colleen McCullough
Fun Facts Friday , Latest Posts / June 1, 2018

Colleen McCullough (1 June, 1937 – 29 January, 2015) was an Australian author known for her novels including The Thorn Birds. Books by Colleen McCullough* The author was born in Wellington, a region of New South Wales, to father of Irish origins and a mother who was part Māori . The family moved around a lot during her childhood. Even as a child, Ms. McCullough was known as a voracious reader. McCullough occupation was that of a teacher, journalist, and librarian. The author spent ten years researching and teaching at the Department of Neurology at the Yale Medical School in CT. While at Yale she wrote her international best seller The Thorn Birds. The Thorn Birds was turned into a very successful TV min-series in 1983. She was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from Macquarie University based on the depth of historical research into her novels on ancient Rome series, Masters of Rome. The success of her books allowed Ms. McCullough moved back to Australia to “live on her own terms”. In 1997 Colleen McCullough was named as a “living treasure” by the National Trust of Australia. Books by Colleen McCullough* Zohar — Man of la Book *Ama­zon links…

Fun Facts Friday: Mari Sandoz
Fun Facts Friday , Latest Posts / May 11, 2018

Mari Sandoz (11 May, 1896 – 10 March, 1966) was a novelist, biographer and teacher from Nebraska. Ms. Sandoz wrote a lot about poisoner life and the Plains Indians. Image from http://www.marisandoz.org/events_activities/mari-sandoz-research-award/about-the-mari-sandoz-research-award.html Books by Mari Sandoz* Ms. Sandoz was the oldest of six children. Their parents with Swiss immigrants. As a child she worked hard on the farm as her father didn’t like her reading and writing (he was also known to be a violent man). At age 17 Ms. Sandoz finally manage to graduate from 8th grade and secretly took the rural teacher’s exam. She started teaching country schools without attending high-school. Even without a high-school diploma she continued to write and eventually enrolled at the University of Nebraska. Sandoz claimed to have received over 1,000 rejection slips to her short stories. She went to visit her dying father, who asked her to write his life story as his last request. The result was the book Old Jules. Every major publishing house rejected Old Jules, but Ms. Sandoz kept revising it until she had finally won a non-fiction contest held by Atlantic Press. In 1942 Ms. Sandoz published Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas, a biography of…

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