Wendy Holden
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- This article is about the British journalist and humorous novelist. For the British non-fiction writer and Daily Telegraph journalist, see Taylor Holden.
Wendy Holden (born 6 December 1965) is a British journalist and the author of a number of humorous novels.
She should not be confused with another writer called Wendy Holden, a former journalist and author of sixteen non-fiction books, now writing fiction under the name Taylor Holden.
[edit] Biography
Brought up near Harrogate, schooled in Cleckheaton and educated at Girton College, Cambridge, Holden's first job after university was on the arts magazine Apollo, after which she edited a magazine for foreign diplomats in London for several years. In 1992, she moved to Harper's Bazaar, where she worked for three years before going to the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, and then, in 1995, The Sunday Times Style section. In 1997, she became deputy editor of Tatler, and later moved to the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine, which she left in 2000 to concentrate on writing. Holden is married, has two children, and lives in Derbyshire and London.
[edit] Novels
Her novels, characterised by their fast pace and punning titles, include:
- Simply Divine (1999)
- Bad Heir Day (2000)
- Pastures Noveaux (2001)
- Fame Fatale (2002)
- Azur Like It (2004)
- The Wives of Bath (2005)
- The School for Husbands (2006)
Confusingly for British readers of Holden's 2002 work, the earlier Pastures Noveaux was retitled Farm Fatale for publication in the United States.
