Home › Authors › Penelope Mortimer Penelope Mortimer 1 book Biography Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher) was a Welsh-born English journalist, biographer, and novelist. Her semi-autobiographical novel The Pumpkin Eater (1962) was made into a 1964 film of the same name. Books by Penelope Mortimer My Friend Says It's Bullet Pro My Friend Says It's Bullet Proof 1967