Penny vincenzi daughters
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Vincenzi, Penny 1939–
PERSONAL: Born April 10, 1939; daughter of Stanley George and Mary Blanche (Hawkey) Hannaford; married Paul Robert Vincenzi, May 27, 1960; children: Polly, Sophie, Emily, Claudia. Education: Attended secretarial college.
ADDRESSES: Home—London, England. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Overlook Press, 1 Overlook Dr., Woodstock, NY 12498.
CAREER: Vogue, secretary; Tatler, secretary; Mirror, began as secretary, became a personal assistant; Daily Mirror, fashion and beauty writer; Nova, fashion editor; Woman's Own, beauty editor; worked for a cosmetics company; Looking Good, cofounder. Options, deputy editor.
WRITINGS:
NOVELS
Old Sins, Crown Publishers (New York, NY), 1989.
Wicked Pleasures, Orion (London, England), 1992.
An Outrageous Affair, Orion (London, England), 1993.
Another Woman, Orion (London, England), 1995.
The Glimpses, Phoenix (London, England), 1996.
The Dilemma, Orion (London, England), 1996.
Forbidden Places, Orion (London, England), 1996.
Windfall, Orion (London, England), 1997.
Almost a Crime, O
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Penny Vincenzi
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Penny was nine years old when she embarked on her storytelling career. She wrote her own magazine called “Stories”, which she copied out three times on carbon paper and sold for two pence at school. So began a career in writing which has seen 7 million copies sold, and 17 bestselling novels. After secretarial college, Penny worked as a junior secretary at Vogue and Tatler magazines, before moving to the Daily Mirror as personal assistant to Marje Proops, Britain's legendary agony aunt. Marje encouraged her to write, and she became fashion editor and beauty writer at the Mirror, working for the women's editor in what was irreverently known as the "fragrant department". Penny’s journalistic career as a celebrated writer and columnist spanned several decades working for many of the leading newspapers and magazines of the time. She once asked bestselling British author Jilly Cooper for advice on writing a novel while interviewing her for a magazine profile. Jilly put Penny in touch with her own agent, who promptly auctioned off her (then unwritten) first novel. It
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