I wrote my earliest piece for The Sunday Times about being a young wife.

Early life
Jilly Sallitt was born in Hornchurch Essex England to Mary Elaine (née Whincup) and Brigadier W. [citation needed] Several similar volumes were issued. She started 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 OBE (born 21 February 1937) is an English author. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles.