Born in London, and educated at Oxford, Vogue contributing editor Plum Sykes arrived in New York City in 1997 and became an instant It-girl. Her unforgettable debut, “Bergdorf Blondes”, detailed the lives of Park Avenue princesses. In her fourth book, “Wives Like Us”, the author affectionately satirizes the wealthy residents of the English countryside she now calls home, specifically the ultra-fashionable Cotswolds, playfully calling them the “country princesses.
” Peeking over the hedges to bring us “Wives Like Us”, Plum’s inimitable voice and a keen eye for next-level glamour and luxury leap from the pages like an equestrienne at a Show Jumping tournament. The result is a highly entertaining comedy of manners featuring a cast of country princesses and Ian, the Executive Butler, who knows and manages all. I was thrilled to interview Plum and fun fact, her twin sister Lucy was the first person to blurb my debut novel.
(Thank you Lucy!) Jane Rosen (J.R.) : If you could pick anyone, dead or alive, to blurb one of your books, who would it be? Plum Sykes (P.
S.): P.G.
Wodehouse, because he was the wittiest man alive and created a world you wanted to fall into and never leave. J.R.
: It has been 20 years since the publication of your best-selling novel, “Bergdorf Blondes”. What aspect of the New York socialites’ world do you think has changed the most since then? P.S.
: I think the New York socialite has evolved. The new socialites are the fashion and society i.
