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Wendy Cope

Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent.  After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary school teacher in London.  Her first collection of poems, MAKING COCOA FOR KINGSLEY AMIS, was published in 1986.  In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award doe poetry, and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse.  TWO CURES FOR LOVE: SELECTED POEMS 1979-2006 was published in 2008 and her new collection FAMILY VALUES was published in 2011.

Authors’ Biographies

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KATE CHOPIN
(1850-1904)

O HENRY
(1862-1910)

D.H. LAWRENCE
(1885-1930)

KATHERINE MANSFIELD
(1888-1923)

SAKI
(1870-1916)

OSCAR WILDE
(1854-1900)

CAROL ANN DUFFY

KENNETH GRAHAME
(1859-1932)

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
(1849-1924)

LEWIS CARROLL
(1832-1898)

MARK TWAIN
(1835-1910)

E. NESBIT
(1858-1924)

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
(1850-1894)

GILLIAN CLARKE

WENDY COPE