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Colleen McCullough

1937 - 2015

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Colleen Margaretta McCullough (; married name Robinson, previously Ion-Robinson; 1 June 1937 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian author. Her The Thorn Birds became an international bestseller and one of the best-selling books in history, with sales of over 30 million copies worldwide, and 1983 inspired one of the most-watched television miniseries of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colleen McCullough is the 822nd most popular writer (down from 797th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Australia (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Australian Writer.

Colleen McCullough is most famous for her book The Thorn Birds, which was published in 1977.

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Among writers, Colleen McCullough ranks 822 out of 7,302. Before her are Julius Fučík, Gerard of Cremona, Nikolay Karamzin, James Jones, Aelia Eudocia, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. After her are Zeb-un-Nissa, Wilhelm Hauff, Theodore Beza, Alain-René Lesage, Elsa Morante, and Nikolai Ostrovsky.

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Among people born in 1937, Colleen McCullough ranks 48. Before her are Bill Cosby, Gennady Yanayev, Robin Warren, Claude Lelouch, Robert Crippen, and Vladimir Ashkenazy. After her are Jacques Santer, Juvénal Habyarimana, Roald Hoffmann, Colin Powell, Roberta Flack, and Angelo Badalamenti. Among people deceased in 2015, Colleen McCullough ranks 45. Before her are Alcides Ghiggia, Wes Craven, Benedict Anderson, Douglass North, Fatema Mernissi, and James Last. After her are René Girard, Günter Schabowski, Yitzhak Navon, Yevgeny Primakov, Boris Nemtsov, and Frei Otto.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Colleen McCullough ranks 31 out of 1,143. Before her are Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Heath Ledger (1979), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Robin Warren (1937), Elton Mayo (1880), and Hugh Jackman (1968). After her are Peter Singer (1946), V. Gordon Childe (1892), Howard Florey (1898), Lisa Gerrard (1961), Peter Weir (1944), and Steve Irwin (1962).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Colleen McCullough ranks 1. After her are P. L. Travers (1899), James Clavell (1921), Annette Kellermann (1887), Thomas Keneally (1935), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Germaine Greer (1939), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), John Flanagan (1944), and Gregory David Roberts (1952).

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