

After over a decade focused on the genre, Holden turned her attention to historical fiction. Simply Divine was published in 1999, and Holden went on to write a series of novels, most of which were bestsellers, and which she happily describes as " chick lit" and "supermarket novels". One of her responsibilities at the title was ghostwriting a column on behalf of socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, an experience which Holden says influenced her first novel, Simply Divine. From there, she moved on to The Sunday Times. Holden moved to London where she found work in the magazine business, eventually working for The Diplomat monthly, where she became an editor. She attended Whitcliffe Mount School, and read English at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating from Cambridge University in the mid-1980s. Holden was born and raised in Cleckheaton, West Riding of Yorkshire. Wendy Holden (born 12 June 1965 ) is a best-selling British novelist.
