I'm sorry to hear this. I really liked her. In her series on Rome, she made Julius Caesar so great and appealing that I was pulling for him not to die on the Ides of March.

The only book of hers I read was the Ladies of Missalonghi (not sure of the spelling but I think I got it right). I read it a number of years ago and liked it but never got around to reading any of her other books

I loved The Thorn Birds (book and miniseries) but never read anything else by her, either.

Here is the obituary from 'The Telegraph'. In true Aussie fashion C McC certainly says what she thinks. ;-)

Here is a link that might be useful: Colleen McCullough

The Rome series is great, but the books are quite lengthy.

Thanks for the obit, Vee. I hadn't known anything about her personally.

I read the obit and smiled at "dingo bits" which is a polite version of the Aussie expression!
She boasted of her excellent memory in an interview which I saw but this caused her a problem when "The Ladies..." was published as readers noticed a strong resemblance to another author's novel, which she must have recalled without realising.
She was very upset as she had written the book for her mother.
She was a few weeks younger than I am....and had done so much (Sigh!)

I liked that obit.

There is a big fuss going on about the one in The Australian which apparently marveled that she managed to write such popular novels despite not being herself a beauty.

Here is a link that might be useful: Review of the review