![]() ![]() Some of her journalism was collected into a single volume, Jolly Super, in 1971. That column ran from 1969 to 1982, when she moved to The Mail on Sunday, where she worked for another five years.Ĭooper's first column led to the publication of her first book, How to Stay Married, in 1969, and which was quickly followed by a guide to working life, How to Survive from Nine to Five, in 1970. ![]() This led to a column in which Cooper wrote about marriage, sex and housework. The editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, Godfrey Smith, asked her to write a feature about her experiences. Her break came with a chance meeting at a dinner party. Subsequently, she worked as an account executive, copywriter, publisher's reader and receptionist. She worked for the paper from 1957 to 1959. Journalism and non-fiction Īfter unsuccessfully trying to begin a career in the British national press, Cooper became a junior reporter for The Middlesex Independent, based in Brentford. She grew up in Ilkley and Surrey, and was educated at the Moorfield School in Ilkley and the Godolphin School in Salisbury. ![]() ![]() Jilly Sallitt was born in Hornchurch, Essex, England, to Mary Elaine (née Whincup) and Brigadier W. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles. She began her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. Jilly Cooper, CBE (born 21 February 1937), is an English author. ![]()
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