McCullough, Colleen

Colleen McCullough
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Name	McCullough, Colleen Gender: F
born on	1 June 1937 at 19:30 (= 7:30 PM )
Place	Wellington, Australia, 32s33, 148e57
Timezone	AEST h10e (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A
Astrology data	10°27' 00°18 Asc. 15°01'

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Biography

Australian writer most noted for "The Thorn Birds," 1977, a huge sprawling novel that is easy to read and totally engrossing.

Called the Australian "Gone With The Wind," it was translated into 15 languages and made into a TV miniseries. The hardcover publication sold over a half million copies and the paperback rights sold for $1.9 million, the highest price ever paid for a paperback.

McCullough graduated from the University of Sydney and became a teacher in the Australian outback, a library worker and a journalist. Moved to America, she went to Yale School of Internal Medicine and became an associate in the research neurology department from 1967 to 1976.

After 1976 she wrote full time. Her books include "Tim" 1974, "An Indecent Obsession," and "The Grass Crown."

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1977 (Most noted book, "The Thorn Birds")

• Work : New Job 1967 (Assc. research neurology at Yale School of Medicine)

• Work : New Career 1976 (Began to write full time)

Source Notes

Stephanie Johnson quotes her letter to Esoteric Technologies, data from her mom

Categories

• Vocation : Education : Researcher (Neurological research)

• Vocation : Writers : Fiction

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Journalist)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Australian outback)

• Vocation : Education : Librarian (Secondary)