Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden (born 1961), also known as Taylor Holden, is an author and journalist who has written more than thirty books. She was born in Pinner, North London and now lives in Suffolk, England.

Novels

• The Sense of Paper, about a former war correspondent running from the ghosts of her past, was published by Random House, New York in 2006 and as an e-book in 2013;
• Mr Scraps, 2013, a novella published as an ebook.
• The cruelty of Beauty, about a female glassmaker in pre-revolution Czechoslovakia - published by Mlada Fronta in 2019.
• The novelisation of the film The Full Monty, which became an international bestseller in nine languages and was published as a classroom aide

Non-fiction titles

• Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance and Hope, published in 2015
• 10 Mindful Minutes: Giving Our Children and Ourselves the Social and Emotional Skills to Reduce Stress and Anxiety for Healthier, Happier Lives with Goldie Hawn, 2011, an international bestseller;
• Uggie, The Artist: My Story, 2012, a canine memoir published in five countries.
• Shell Shock: The Psychological Trauma of War, which accompanied a four-part television documentary.
• Her first book, Unlawful Carnal Knowledge about the controversial Irish abortion case, was banned across Ireland;

Biographies

• Lady Blue Eyes, 2011, a memoir of Frank Sinatra’s widow Barbara, a New York Times bestseller;
• A Lotus Grows in the Mud, 2005, the autobiography of Goldie Hawn, a New York Times bestseller;
• Memories Are Made of This, 2004, a biography of Dean Martin as seen by his daughter, held by 1,083 libraries according to WorldCat;
• Behind Enemy Lines: the true story of a French Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, 2002, the autobiography of Marthe Cohn;
• Tomorrow to Be Brave, 2001, an autobiography of Susan Travers, the only woman in the French Foreign Legion during WWII;
• Till the Sun Grows Cold, a mother’s account of her daughter’s life and death in war-torn Sudan;
• Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001), the autobiography of Don Felder, former lead guitarist of the Eagles;
• Kill Switch, an account of a former British soldier wrongly jailed in Afghanistan;
• Central 822, her autobiography of Carol Bristow, one of Scotland Yard’s first ever female detectives, was serialised globally on BBC Radio.
• Footprints in the Snow, the story of a courageous paraplegic, was made into a television film starring Caroline Quentin and Kevin Whately;
• Haatchi & Little B, the heartwarming tale of a boy with Schwartz–Jampel syndrome and his three-legged dog published in four countries in 2014.