Sophie Dahl Dahl was a contributing editor and regular columnist at "Men's Vogue", prior to its closure in 2008. Dahl is the author of three other books: "Playing with the Grown-Ups" (2008) and two cook books, "Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights" (2009) and "From Season To Season" (2011). She was a contributor to an anthology, "Truth or Dare" edited by Justine Picardie, which included works by Zoë Heller and William Fiennes. She also provided introductions to the Puffin Classic new edition of "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett,and the Virago Press re-issue of Stella Gibbons' 1938 novel "Nightingale Wood" which was released
The Secret Woman (novel) "The French Lieutenant’s Woman." The book's success was likely also bolstered by the success of Hibbert's previous novels such as "Mistress of Mellyn" and "The Shivering Sands". The positive reception of these works eventually gave Hibbert the title of “Queen of Romantic Suspense” and driving the sales of Victoria Holt novels to over 56 million copies worldwide. The Secret Woman (novel) The Secret Woman is a Gothic romance and suspense novel written by English author Eleanor Hibbert under the pseudonym Victoria Holt. It was originally published in 1970 and is considered to be a bestseller. Set in 1887, it chronicles