Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88. The author, whose 18 novels include Riders and Rivals, ‘defined culture, writing and conversation since she was first published over 50 years ago’, said her agent, Felicity Blunt.
Cooper is best known for the Rutshire Chronicles, a series of novels that follow the scandals of the upper classes in a fictional Cotswolds county. The second novel in the series, Rivals, was adapted for Disney+ and released last year
