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Book SynopsisJilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lives in Gloucestershire.
She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was also appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity.
Trade ReviewSex and horses: who could ask for more? * Sunday Telegraph *
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ * Marian Keyes *
Joyful and mischievous. I know of no woman my age who won't admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . . * Jojo Moyes *
Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is. A heroine, an influence and a legend to half my generation of female authors (the fun half) * Jenny Colgan *
Jilly Cooper’s writing is hilarious, witty, wise, astute, flawlessly entertaining and a celebration of all that is the most fun about being British * Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES DIARY *
Exhilarating, irresistible and one of our nation’s most beloved novels.
If you’re about to read Riders for the first time, you’re in for a joyous experience! * Jill Mansell *
It's all here: swooning romance, skulduggery in the stables and, yes, bonking; all set in the Cotswold countryside. Tally ho! * Elle *
Blockbusting fiction at its best * Mail on Sunday *
I defy anyone not to enjoy her book. It is a delight from start to finish -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Mail *
Has any book of the past 70 years given as much pleasure as Cooper's rumpy-pumpy, show-jumping classis? * The Times *
