, Caroline Conran wrote for The Sunday Times Magazine for thirteen years, and for Queen Magazine amongst many other publications. She introduced the Nouvelle Cuisine to Britain and has written numerous cookery books including The Cookbook, written with her husband Terence Conran, which sold over a million copies. Fidel Castro was a fan. With Sir Terence she started Habitat and as the first kitchen and fabric buyer she travelled widely. She has five children and thirteen grandchildren. This is her first novel.,