Editing Catherine Cookson (section)

==Honours==
She was created an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1985, and was elevated to [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-16581839|title=Council drops Cookson link signs|work=BBC News |date=15 January 2018|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

Cookson received the [[Freedom of the Borough]] of [[South Tyneside]], and an [[honorary degree]] from the [[University of Newcastle upon Tyne|University of Newcastle]].<ref name="chronicle live">{{cite news|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/wor-kates-life-story-like-1611740|title=Wor Kate's life story like one of her books|work=Chronicle Live|date=28 March 2004}}</ref> The [[Variety, the Children's Charity|Variety Club of Great Britain]] named her Writer of the Year, and she was voted Personality of the North East.

She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1982 when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0721528/ | title="This is Your Life" Catherine Cookson (TV Episode 1982) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

Cookson was awarded an [[honorary fellowship]] at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford]] in 1997 after donating £100,000 to the college, although she was too ill to travel to receive it.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Anna Thomas |title=Good fellow |work=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |volume=220 |issue=4 |date=5 February 1998 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Catherine Cookson |url=https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/catherine-cookson |website=[[Penguin Books|Penguin Books Australia]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref>