Penny Vincenzi | |
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| Born | Penelope Hannford (1939-04-10)10 April 1939 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 25 February 2018(2018-02-25) (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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| Children | 4 daughters |
Penelope Vincenzi (néeHannaford; 10 April 1939 – 25 February 2018) was a British novelist, who wrote 17 novels and two collections of stories.[1] Her book sales by 2014 amounted to over seven million copies.[2]
She was born Penelope Hannaford, on 10 April 1939 inBournemouth, the daughter of Stanley George Hannaford (died 1985) and Mary Blanche Hannaford née Hawkey (died 1987) ofNew Milton, Hampshire.[2][3][4] She was an only child, with "the most ordinary background you could possibly imagine".[2] As a child, the family moved toDevon.[2] She was educated atNotting Hill and Ealing High School.[4]
In 1962, she started to work for theDaily Mirror as a secretary and, after a year, was working for the women's editorMarjorie Proops, who, knowing of her journalistic ambitions, let her help with research and small tasks.[5][6]
Vincenzi was also a fashion journalist who worked for various publications, including theDaily Mirror andVogue.[2]
She met her future husband Paul Robert Vincenzi, an advertising executive, the son of Dr Julius Vincenzi ofEarls Colne, Essex, when she was 19.[2][4] They married on 27 May 1960, and had four daughters.[2][4][5] He died from a brain tumour in 2009.[2]
Penny Vincenzi died on 25 February 2018, aged 78.[1]
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