About Catrin Collier
Born 1948. Catrin Collier is a British writer, screenwriter, primary school teacher and novelist.
Karen Watkins (née Jones, born 1948), writing as Catrin Collier, is a Welsh novelist known for her historical works, especially those in the Hearts of Gold series, set in her home town of Pontypridd between 1930 and 1950, / K. A. John (crime novels), Katherine Hardy (novelisations of television programmes) It was a 2008 finalist for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Book of the Year. BBC Wales' head of drama Matthew Robinson described her as "the Catherine Cookson of Wales".
Other work
As well as novels, she writes short stories, plays and non-fiction, Collier now lives in Swansea near The Gower. She is represented by the literary agency Marjacq Scripts.
She is a member of Swansea Writers' Group, which encouraged her from the outset of her career before she had published a novel.
, an adult education centre in Pontypridd, was named in her honour in 2002.
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Who is Catrin Collier?
Welsh novelist
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Catrin Collier was born in 1948 in Pontypridd.
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Catrin Collier is a writer, screenwriter, primary school teacher and novelist.
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Catrin Collier is British.
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