Jilly Cooper
Born 21 February 1937 · Died October 5, 2025
From Hornchurch, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Jilly Cooper is an English author. 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. She is most famous for writing the six blockbuster novels Rutshire Chronicles.
Quotes
“The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.”
Interviewed by Rachel Cooke in "Jilly's japes" The Observer 30 August 2006 .
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Jilly Cooper in order
Books by Jilly Cooper in the order they were published, from How to Stay Married (1969) to Between the Covers (2020).
- 1How to Stay Married
How to Stay Married1969 - 2How to Survive from Nine to Five
How to Survive from Nine to Five1970 - 3Emily
Emily1975 - 4Bella
Bella1976 - 5Harriet
Harriet1976 - 6Octavia
Octavia1977 - 7Imogen
Imogen1978 - 8Prudence
Prudence1981 - 9The Common Years
The Common Years1984 - 10Riders
Riders1985 - 11Rivals
Rivals1988 - 12Players
Players1989 - 13Polo
Polo1991 - 14Class
Class1993 - 15The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous1993 - 16Appassionata
Appassionata1996 - 17Score!
Score!1999 - 18Pandora
Pandora2002 - 19Wicked!
Wicked!2006 - 20Jump!
Jump!2010 - 21Jilly Cooper : Rivals and RidersJilly Cooper : Rivals and Riders2012
- 22Mount!
Mount!2016 - 23Between the Covers
Between the Covers2020