考琳·麥卡洛（Colleen McCullough, 1937- ），澳大利亞當代女作傢。1977年，她以自己全部的生活積纍，創作齣版瞭嘔心瀝血之作《荊棘鳥》。作品一齣版便引起轟動，不但拍成電影廣為流傳，而且翻譯成二十多種文字在世界各地齣版，成為當代世界最暢銷的小說之一。

除《荊棘鳥》外，麥卡洛還創作十二部長篇小說，一部傳記。她與丈夫居住在澳大利亞南太平洋的諾福剋島。

Sometimes when he didn't know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain's core ...And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way ...'

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