Jilly Cooper


Jilly Cooper

Cooper in 1974 (by Allan Warren)
Cooper in 1974
(by Allan Warren)
BornJill Sallitt[1]
(1937-02-21) 21 February 1937 (age 87)
Hornchurch, Essex, England
OccupationAuthor
PeriodModern-day
GenreErotic, romance
Notable worksRutshire Chronicles
Spouse
(m. 1961; died 2013)
[2]
Children2
Website
www.jillycooper.co.uk

Dame Jilly Cooper, DBE (born Jill Sallitt; 21 February 1937) is an English author. 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. Cooper is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles.

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ Obituary: Leo Cooper, The Daily Telegraph, 2 December 2013.