McCullough, Colleen (1937–)
McCullough, Colleen (1937–)
Australian novelist. Born June 1, 1937, in Wellington, NSW, Australia; m. Ric Robinson.
Worked as neurophysiologist in Sydney and established Department of Neurophysiology at Royal North Shore Hospital; practiced medicine in England and moved to Yale University's School of Medicine where she was early exponent of microsurgical techniques; works include Tim (1974), The Thorn Birds (1977), An Indecent Obsession (1981), A Creed for the Third Millenium (1985), The Ladies of Missalonghi (1987), The First Man in Rome (1990), Song of Troy (1999), Morgan's Run (2001), and Touch (2003).
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