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4 unusual facts about Colleen McCullough


Colleen McCullough

The Thorn Birds – made into a TV miniseries in 1983 starring Richard Chamberlain

In 1984 a portrait of Colleen McCullough, painted by Wesley Walters, was a finalist in the Archibald Prize.

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years – made into a TV miniseries in 1996 starring Richard Chamberlain.

McCullough is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


The Ladies of Missalonghi

The Ladies of Missalonghi is a short novel by Australian writer Colleen McCullough commissioned for the Hutchinson Novellas series and published in the United States in the Harper Short Novel series in 1987.


see also

The Thorn Birds Musical

It was adapted by the author, Colleen McCullough, and directed by award-winning director Michael Bogdanov behind Wales Theatre Company.