Career
She resides in the London Borough of Camden. The book was made into a film in 1981 and a television series in 2012. A young Lette stood up for buskers" rights not to be moved on as Sydney City Council enforced a 1919 Acting of Parliament in New South Wales.
As an adult, Lette became a newspaper columnist and sitcom writer, but returned to the novel form with Girls" Night Out in 1988 and has since written several more novels and plays, including Foetal Attraction, Mad Cows in 1996 (which was made into a film starring Joanna Lumley and Anna Friel) and Dead Sexy.
They have two children, Julius and Georgina. Julius has Asperger syndrome.
The same year, she briefly appeared on Sunrise as a London correspondent, a part of the Global Notebook. In 2008, Lette published To Love, Honour & Betray (Till Divorce Us Do Participant), a romantic novel with hints of comedy.
With Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson and Imogen Edwards-Jones, Lette edited an anthology by prominent women writers of erotic short-stories, In Bed with.
(2009), including contributions from Louise Doughty, Esther Freud, Ali Smith, Joan Smith, Rachel Johnson and Fay Weldon, each publishing under a pseudonym. In November 2009, she received an honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University. Lette teamed with Radox to write a water-resistant book, which was released free online in September 2009, with an aim to encourage women to be selfish with their time.
Lette is a supporter of the United Kingdom Labour Party.
In August 2014, she was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September"s referendum on that issue. In Australia Kathy is represented by Wall Media management.
Lette took full British citizenship in 2011.