Tyne O'Connell Public Figure

British Author 13 Int Bestsellers, Mayfair Historian & Resident Dandy, Voted "MOST EXCENTRIC BRITISH THINKER" by Eccentrics Club Patron HRH Prince Philip.

Tyne O'Connell is a bestselling British author. Her 13 novels have been published to great acclaim by Headline UK, Bloomsbury USA & other international publishing houses.

Her extraordinary life has been featured in TV documentaries & feature-spreads in Vogue UK, Elle and most UK broadsheets. Cassandra Jardine in The Daily Telegraph UK, hailed Tyne as "A modern day Elinor Glyn - the original It Girl" "The Impossibly glamorous Tyne O'Connell's real life is every bit as extraordinary as her fiction" ELLE UK.

Critics have described O'Connell as, "Enid Blyton of our time" comparing her bestselling boarding-school series, Pulling Princes to "an up to date Mallory Towers". The first four books in the series are set in a fictional exclusive all-girls boarding school St Augustines & a fictionalised Eton College & Windsor Castle. The series are based on her three children's experiences at boarding school & Oxford as well as her own extraordinary life in Mayfair.

Narrated by a middle-class American, Calypso Kelly as she navigates the aristocrat world of Terrible Toffs & Horrible Hon. s' with valets & body guards O'Connell "opens the lid on the antics of aristos at play, giving readers an insiders peak inside the exclusive world of posh people & royals.

Born into an Irish Catholic family, daughter of a retired spy, her favourite chore as a child was collecting eggs from the hens for sixpence. She began telling teachers & family she would be an author from age eight. Her first bestselling book was Sex, Lies & Litigation, pub1996 Headline to rave reviews.
She's spent most of her life in Mayfair where she brought up two husbands & three children. The area is at the heart of many of her books. She writes about all things Mayfair for mayfaireccentrics.com, & elsewhere. Visit her at www. tyneoconnell.com & follow her on Twitter @tyneoconnell

O'Connell was educated by elderly Flemish Sacre-Coeur nuns (born in the 1870-80's) with the expectation that she would marry a diplomat. It was an unusual Victorian style upbringing & by 17, she was accomplished in Le Cordon Blue, Croquet, Semaphore, Literature, Latin, Needlepoint, Flower Arrangement, Diamond Valuation, Deportment, Millinery & Embassy Dinner Seating. After school she returned to London in a smart tweed suit perfectly prepared for a world that hadn't existed for decades.

"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK

'Brings to mind Kathy Lette and Jilly Cooper' Mail on Sunday

"O'Connell's debut is a delightful, lighthearted romp around Hollywood and the world of reality television. " -- Booklist on The Sex Was Great But. . .

"Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne. " -- The Bookseller on Pulling Princes.
"Bridget Jones on speed. She's funnier, sharper, and there's no way she's going to end up with anyone called Darcy" THE GUARDIAN

"Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne. " - Claudia Mody, The Bookseller

"A wickedly funny, bitchy, romp set at the heart of the trendy London art scene. " Publishing News on Making The A List

"Funny exposé of It-girlschool life. " ELLE GIRL UK

"Bridget Jones for the early teen set. "- WASHINGTON POST USA

'A spirited page-turner that is high on humor' - Company Magazine UK

'Crucial Reading' - Cosmopolitan

"Wickedly Funny" Publishing News