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TIL in 1970 author Jilly Cooper lost the only manuscript for her erotic novel 'Riders' on a London bus. It was never found. Devasted, she took another 14 years to begin writing it again. It went on to became an international bestseller and kicked of the "bonkbustrr" genre.

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