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Peter Mayle

UK  (1939 - )
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About Peter Mayle
Peter Mayle spent fifteen years in the advertising business, first as a copywriter and then as a reluctant executive, before escaping Madison Avenue in 1975 to write educational books for children. In 1990, Mr. Mayle published A Year in Provence, which became an international bestseller. He is also the author of Toujours Provence, Hotel Pastis, A Dog's Life, Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne. In addition to writing books which have been translated into more than twenty languages, Mayle has contributed to the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Independent, GQ and Esquire. He and his wife and two dogs live in the South of France.
 
Series
The Vintage CaperThe Marseille Caper
 
Non fiction series
A Year in ProvenceToujours ProvenceEncore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France
 
Non fiction
Where Did I Come From?: Facts of Life Without Any Nonsense And with Illustrations (1973)
What's Happening to Me?: The Answers to Some of the World's Most Embarrassing Questions (1975)
Will I Like it? (1978)
Baby Taming (1978)
How to Be a Pregnant Father: An Illustrated Survival Guide for the First-time Father (1978)
Divorce: What Shall We Tell the Children? (1979)
Divorce Can Happen to the Nicest People (1979)
Great Moments in Baby History (1980)
We're Not Pregnant: An Illustrated Guide to Birth Control (1981) (with Arthur Robins)
Congratulations, You're Not Pregnant: An Illustrated Guide to Birth Control (1981)
Grown-ups and Other Problems (1982)
The Honeymoon Book (1983)
Thirsty Work: Ten Years of Heineken Advertising (1983)
Man's Best Friend (1984) (with Gray Jolliffe)
More Time, Gentlemen, Please: Why the Long Arm of Our Licensing Laws Should Bend a Little (1984)
Twinkle Winkle: Man's Best Friend And Your Star Signs (1985)
Sweet Dreams and Monsters: A Beginners Guide to Dreams And Nightmares And Things That Go Bump Under the Bed (1986)
Wicked Willie's Guide to Women: Further Adventures of Mans Best Friend (1986)
Wicked Willie's Low-down on Men (1987)
Willie's Away (1988)
Why Are We Getting a Divorce (1988)
The World According to Wicked Willie (1988) (with Gray Jolliffe)
Scruffs: Alternative Dog Show (1989)
Dear Willie (1989)
Wicked Willie Stand Up Comic Book (1990)
Dangerous Candy (1990) (with Raffaella Fletcher)
Up the Agency: Snakes And Ladders of the Advertising Business (1990)
Willie's Leg-over Handbook (1991)
Acquired Tastes (1992)
Provence (1993)
Provence from the Air (1994)
It's a Dog's Life: The Occasional Journal of a Four-legged Cynic (1995)
Bon Appetit!: Travels Through France with Knife, Fork And Corkscrew (2001)
     aka French Lessons
Confessions of a French Baker (2005) (with Gerard Auzet)
Provence A-Z (2006)
Where Did I Come From?: Facts of Life Without Any Nonsense And with IllustrationsWhat's Happening to Me?: The Answers to Some of the World's Most Embarrassing QuestionsWill I Like it?Baby Taming
How to Be a Pregnant Father: An Illustrated Survival Guide for the First-time FatherDivorce: What Shall We Tell the Children?Divorce Can Happen to the Nicest PeopleWe're Not Pregnant: An Illustrated Guide to Birth Control
Thirsty Work: Ten Years of Heineken AdvertisingMan's Best FriendTwinkle Winkle: Man's Best Friend And Your Star SignsWicked Willie's Guide to Women: Further Adventures of Mans Best Friend
Wicked Willie's Low-down on MenWhy Are We Getting a DivorceThe World According to Wicked WillieScruffs: Alternative Dog Show
Wicked Willie Stand Up Comic BookDangerous CandyUp the Agency: Snakes And Ladders of the Advertising BusinessAcquired Tastes
ProvenceProvence from the AirIt's a Dog's Life: The Occasional Journal of a Four-legged CynicBon Appetit!: Travels Through France with Knife, Fork And Corkscrew
Confessions of a French BakerProvence A-Z
 

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