Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough
Colleen Margaretta McCullough AOwas an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 June 1937
CountryAustralia
character voice giving
It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice
perfection imperfection dull
Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
buy shoes walk
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK IN A MAN'S SHOES TO KNOW WHERE HE'S BEEN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS, BUY HIM A NEW PAIR, TO GET HIM TO WHERE HE'S GOING." ()
clicked draft
In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary.
men
It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.
australian deal federation months next policy stopped white
I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one to be more political. It will deal with the formation of white Australian policy and things like that." ()
australia book fortunes fun great life wacky women
She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's.