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Karen Watkins (née Jones, born 1948),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catrin Collier - novels )〕 writing as Catrin Collier, is a Welsh novelist, of East Prussian descent on her mother's side, known for her historical works, especially those in the 'Hearts of Gold' series, set in her home town of Pontypridd between 1930 and 1950,〔 the first of which was adapted as a BBC drama in 2003. She also writes under the pen names Katherine John〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catrin Collier - links )〕/ K. A. John (crime novels), Katherine Hardy〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catrin Collier: Books, Biogs, Audiobooks, Discussions )〕 (novelisations of television programmes)〔 and Caro French 〔 (modern fiction).〔 As well as novels, she writes short stories, plays and non-fiction,〔 and has had work published in magazines including published in Woman, Woman’s Own and Woman’s Weekly.〔 She is a member of Swansea Writers' Group, which encouraged her from the outset of her career before she had published a novel.〔http://www.catrincollier.co.uk/news.php〕 , an adult education centre in Pontypridd, was named in her honour in 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catrin Collier )〕 She is represented by the literary agency Marjacq Scripts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catrin Collier )〕 == Early life == Her mother, Gerda Salewski, was born in Allenstein, East Prussia, in 1926.〔 Her father, Glyn Jones was a Welsh Guardsman serving in Germany when he met Gerda.〔 They married in Pontypridd in July 1947.〔 Collier was born there in 1948 and grew up in the town.〔 Her book ''One last Summer'' is based on war-time diaries kept by her mother and maternal grandmother.〔 and is recommended by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for young people wanting to lean about the Holocaust .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bibliography )〕 It was a 2008 finalist for the Romantic Novelists' Association’s Book of the Year.〔 As a comprehensive school teacher, she taught English and drama to A level in schools in Swansea and West Glamorgan.〔 After living in Germany〔 and America,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=One Blue Moon by Catrin Collier )〕 Collier now lives on the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catrin Collier )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catrin Collier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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