Got something you’d love to ask the Riders author about her five decades writing steamy romances? Now is your chance
What’s the secret to writing good sex scenes? It’s simple, said Jilly Cooper in a recent interview: “Keeping it fun.” And if anyone ought to know, it’s Dame Jilly. Now 87, she has been writing steamy set pieces with phenomenal success for more than five decades. Her unique literary brand, featuring oodles of glamour, romance, fun, silliness and social satire – not to mention dogs, horses and lots of puns – has won her fans as diverse as Helen Fielding, Olivia Laing, Graham Norton and Rishi Sunak.
Born in Essex and brought up in Yorkshire, Cooper began her career as a local journalist, getting her break when she met the editor of the Sunday Times magazine at a dinner party and he asked her to write about being a young working woman. This led to a frequently outrageous, often hilarious column about sex, marriage and housework that ran for 13 years.
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