Jilly Cooper
| Jilly Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Cooper in 1974 | |
| Born | Jill Sallitt 21 February 1937 Hornchurch, Essex, England | 
| Occupation | Author | 
| Genre | Erotic, romance | 
| Notable works | Rutshire Chronicles | 
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 | 
| Website | |
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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.