MY ENGLISH HOME Jilly Cooper
May 01, 2019
4 minutes
Prolific author Jilly Cooper has written scores of novels, including the Rutshire Chronicles series set in the Cotswolds, where she lives with her rescue greyhound, Bluebell. Jilly began her career as a journalist working on a local newspaper before becoming an author, initially writing numerous nonfiction books, including How to Stay Married and Class. She has also been a columnist for The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday and was awarded an OBE in 2004 for services to literature and a CBE in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
Where in the country do you call home and why?
Gloucestershire. I come from Yorkshire, but we [Jilly and her husband Leo, who sadly passed
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