DELIA SMITH is Britain's bestselling cookery writer, whose books have sold over 21 million copies worldwide. Delia's first job as a cookery writer was for the "Daily Mirror" in 1969 -- numerous phenomenal best sellers and television series followed including "Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course "in 1978 and "Delia's Christmas, Summer & Winter Collections "in the 1990s. Towards the end of the decade Delia commenced work on a new major project -- "Delia's How to Cook," publishing three separate volumes and the accompanying TV series. "The Vegetarian Collection" and "The Delia Collection" followed. After a five year break concentrating on Norwich City Football Club (where she is a director) and Canary Catering, Delia returned triumphant in 2008 with a new BBC TV series and the fastest selling cookery book of all time "Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking." Delia is married to the writer and editor, Michael Wynn Jones. They live in Suffolk.