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Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lives in Gloucestershire. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was also appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity.
From 1972 to 1982, before the family moved to Gloucestershire and she became a number-one blockbuster novelist, Jilly Cooper lived in Putney, five miles from London's Hyde Park, and surprisingly rural. Each day she walked on Putney Common with dogs, children, friends, neighbours, and occasionally husband Leo. She kept a diary of her growing attachment to the place, the people, the community atmosphere and its small dramas: everyday stuff, but highly diverting. This is a very endearing and vulnerable Jilly, before she became 'outrageous' (though there are hints of what's to come...). Fans will love it - especially dog-lovers. (Kirkus UK)
