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‘A sparkle that extends beyond fiction’: readers on what Jilly Cooper meant to them

Jilly Cooper circa 1978.
‘One of a kind’ … Jilly Cooper circa 1978. Photograph: Tony Evans/Timelapse Library Ltd./Getty Images

‘An absolute delight’

I was the manager of Books Etc in Oxford Street, where Jilly Cooper’s novel Polo was launched in 1991, with polo-dressed senior publishers posing in the window. Jilly visited our shop several times for signings and she was our favourite author visitor. She always spoke to all the staff, brought a gift for staff with her and always wrote us a note of thanks afterwards. Lovely with customers and just an absolute delight. Judith Denwood, retired bookseller, Hastings

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