Shirley Conran
Videos
Dame Shirley Ida Conran was an English author, designer, journalist, and social entrepreneur.
Conran on the cover of Superwoman (1977)
Bonkbuster
Videos
Bonkbuster is a term coined in 1988 by British writer Sue Limb to describe a subgenre of commercial romance novels in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as their subsequent miniseries adaptations. In 2002 t
Shirley Conran
…illness left her with ME, making it difficult for her to work, she wrote best-selling books including the feminist self-help Superwoman (1975) and the bonkbuster Lace (1982). In later life, Conran campaigned and founded charities to encourage maths education for women. For this, she was made a Dame Commander of…
Jilly Cooper, a romance writer known for the Rutshire Chronicles, was considered "the queen of the bonkbuster".