1924 to 1929. The project was partly funded by the Catherine Cookson Trust. Tom and Catherine, a musical about the couple's life, was written by local playwright Tom Kelly. It played to sell-out crowds at the Customs House in South Shields. Portrayals in fiction Cookson was portrayed by actress Kerry Browne in the 2018 award-winning film Our Catherine, co-written by Tom Kelly. Bibliography Written as Catherine Cookson The Fifteen Streets (1952) Colour Blind (1953) Maggie Rowan (1954) Rooney (1957) The Menagerie (1958) Fanny McBride (1959) Fenwick Houses (1960) The Garment (1962) The Blind Miller (1963) The Wingless Bird (1964) Hannah Massey (1964) The Mists of Memory (1965) The Long Corridor (1965) Matty Doolin (1965) The Unbaited Trap (1966) Slinky Jane (1967) Katie Mulholland (1967) The Round Tower (1968) The Nice Bloke (1969) aka The Husband (1969) The Glass Virgin (1969) The Invitation (1970) The Dwelling Place (1971) Feathers in the Fire (1971) Pure as the Lily (1972) The Invisible Cord (1975) The Gambling Man (1975) The Tide of Life (1976) The Girl (1977) The Cinder Path (1978) The Man Who Cried (1979) The Whip (1983) aka The Spaniard's Gift (1989) The Black Velvet Gown (1984) The Bannaman Legacy (1985) aka A Dinner of Herbs (1985) The Moth (1986) a.k.a. The Thorman Inheritance (1989) The Parson's Daughter (1987) The Harrogate Secret (1988) aka The Secret aka The Smuggler's Secret The Cultured Handmaiden (1988) The Spaniard's Gift (1989) aka The Whip (1983) The Black Candle (1989) The Thorman Inheritance (1989) aka The Moth (1986) The Gillyvors (1990) aka The Love Child (1991) My Beloved Son (1991) The Rag Nymph (1991) aka The Forester Girl (1993) The House of Women (1992) The Maltese Angel (1992) The Golden Straw (1993) The Forester Girl (1993) aka The Rag Nymph (1991) The Year of the Virgins (1993) The Tinker's Girl (1994) Justice Is a Woman (1994) A Ruthless Need (1995) The Bonny Dawn (1996) The Branded Man (1996) The Lady on my Left (1997) The Obsession (1995) The Upstart (1998) The Blind Years (1998) Riley (1998) Solace of Sin (1998) The Desert Crop (1999) The Thursday Friend (1999) My Land of the North (1999) A House Divided (2000) Rosie of the River (2000) The Simple Soul and Other Stories (2001) The Silent Lady (2002) The Kate Hannigan series Kate Hannigan (1950) Kate Hannigan's Girl (2001) The Mary Ann stories A Grand Man (1954) The Lord and