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Wendy Holden

Biography

Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden is a former war correspondent who has written dozens of biographies, memoirs and a few novels, many of them bestsellers. She co-wrote Goldie Hawn’s memoir (A LOTUS GROWS IN THE MUD), Barbara Sinatra’s memoir (LADY BLUE EYES), and Patricia Gucci’s memoir (IN THE NAME OF GUCCI), among many others. She also wrote the international bestseller BORN SURVIVORS, which tells the true story of three young mothers who hid their pregnancies from the Nazis, and THE TEACHER OF AUSCHWITZ, her latest novel based upon a true character, which has brought readers around the world to tears.

Wendy Holden

Books by Wendy Holden

by Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Wendy Holden - Biography, Nonfiction

To those who appreciate her work and legacy, Audrey Hepburn was many things. She was a child survivor of the Second World War. She was a fashion icon who made the little black dress the symbol of elegance that it is today. She played a runaway princess, an eccentric socialite, and a nun struggling with her faith. But perhaps her greatest contribution to the world was as a selfless humanitarian in the final years of her life, proving that fear and trauma can be transmuted into kindness and art. For Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey was also his mother. In INTIMATE AUDREY, he candidly recounts how the shy “girl from across the landing” became the star we remember and love today.

by Wendy Holden - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

Britain, 1961: A beautiful blonde baby is born to Viscount Althorp, heir to the Spencer earldom. But Diana grows up amid the fallout of her parents’ messy divorce. She struggles at school. Her refuge throughout is romantic novels. She dreams of falling in love and being rescued by a handsome prince. In royal circles, there is concern about the Prince of Wales. Charles is nearing 30, and the right girl needs to be found, fast. She must be young, aristocratic and completely free of past liaisons. Pure and innocent. Eighteen-year-old Diana Spencer is just about the only candidate. Her yearning to be loved dovetails with royal desperation for a bride. But the route to the altar is perilous. There are hidden dangers. Ruthless schemers. Can Diana’s romantic dream survive?