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The sun is here at last, winds are warm and skies are blue. The hard ground has become soft; the bird feeder no longer needs filling three times a day and in the field by the track to my house little lambs stare at us curiously and their mothers suspiciously. They are right to be suspicious, of course. Yellow heads of tete a tete nod happily in the borders by my front door and elsewhere in the garden primroses and hellebores nod happily back. Someone still needs to tell the magnolia that the crocuses are here, but the first green blades of tulips are pushing through and the beginnings of peonies and foxgloves can be spotted. more…

RECENT NEWS Here I am at the 2013 Costa Book Awards giving Hilary Mantel her prize!

I was a judge in the Novel category and also for the Book of the Year (which Hilary won). The party was a hoot and the judging session much less onerous than I had imagined.

Chaired by the wonderful Dame Jenni Murray (who was gamely struggling on despite a bad back) the panel numbered such luminaries of stage and screen as Jenny Agutter, Mark Watson and Sophie Ward, as well as literary stars like D J Taylor, Daljit Nagra and Marcus Sedgwick. We had a great time!

Wendy's first name in a decorative

P.S. My family all recently sat for portraits, see results here in I Love.

Welcome to my Spring Garden

Recent shots from the manicured (well, weeded at least) authorial acres!

My new novel, Gifted and Talented is having the finishing touches applied! So exciting! You can order any of my top ten bestselling here on the website. Simply click on the covers below!

"One of the country's greatest comic authors" DAILY MIRROR

"Up there with the best of Jilly Cooper" THE TIMES

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Take a look at my reviews, travel articles and much more on my other site My Back Pages.

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My perfect weekend has changed several times over the years. Read how in My perfect weekend online in The Telegraph.

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Social Climbing

Read all about my hilarious career as a social climber, recently published in The Mail on Sunday's YOU magazine.

JUDGING THE COSTA NOVEL PRIZE

I was thrilled to be asked to join the panel for this prestigious literary award. The results were headline-grabbing! Read all about it in the Guardian here and here and the Daily Mail.

Zeb Spaw Exhibition

To launch Gallery Girl, a comedy set amid the loot, lust and lunacy of the art world, my husband Jon and I made an entire exhibition of spoof contemporary art. Click on the link for an exclusive look at Zeb Spaw's exhibition catalogue. Enjoy – and be angry!

Once upon a life

Heading to France as a 17-year-old au pair was supposed to unlock a glamorous new world for the author Wendy Holden. But life on the Riviera …

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