Posthumous Jilly Cooper story to hit shelves if final draft can be ‘pieced together’ by team
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Jilly Cooper’s literary agent and Rivals executive producer Felicity Blunt has said that a posthumous publication by the author could soon be making its way to shelves. Speaking to The Independent as the second season of the bonkbuster hits screens, Blunt said she’d been doing “detective work” to “piece together” Dame Cooper’s final draft. “That would be my ambition for her because to have another piece of her work would be a really beautiful thing and a wonderful surprise,” Blunt said of the newly uncovered tale. The Rutshire Chronicles author died aged 88 in October last year, mid-way through shooting the second season of Rivals, starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer. “She would always urge you not to work too hard. And ironically, she worked harder than anybody,” Blunt recalled of Cooper’s dedication to the project in her final …

