Lynn Wyatt

Ronda Carman is the best-selling author of The Art of Pantry Cooking, Entertaining at Home: Inspiration from Seasoned Hosts and Designers at Home: Personal Reflections on Stylish Living. She has been a guest on Martha Stewart Radio, Houston Life, Good Day DC, and Nashville Talk of the Town. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Traditional Home, Elle Decor, Veranda, House Beautiful, domino, Australian Vogue Living, Real Simple, Southern Living, Southern Home, and Home Plus Scotland. A multiple Grammy-winning legend and flamboyant superstar, Elton John is the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of his generation. Andy Warhol changed the way we look at the world, and the way the world looks at art. With his exhaustive observation of cultural trends, from his rise to Pop art fame in the early 1960s up until his death in 1987, he identified the images and aesthetics shaping the consumer-driven postwar American experience, and transformed what he saw into a sophisticated yet accessible body of work.

"Lynn Wyatt is a force of nature. A woman who defines glamour, style, and fun. She celebrates life every day. I love her and I am privileged to call her my dear friend." —Elton John"I adore Lynn. She is like a wonderful spring evening when there is nothing but joy and happiness all around. She is forever wearing a beautiful smile and her words are always full of joy." —Valentino"Lynn Wyatt not only has an aura of fairy dust that follows her, but she is also one of the most loyal and steadfast friends a person could hope to have." —Sarah, Duchess of York"Lynn brings the sun everywhere she goes and makes the world a brighter place. She is the definition of grace, grit, and glamour. A true Texas treasure." —Diane von Furstenberg"If Texas had a crown to bestow, it would rest on the head of Lynn Wyatt. At ninety, the philanthropist transcends the titles of socialite, department store heiress, oil magnate wife, globe-trotting jetsetter, and style icon. She’s a close friend of Elton John and the late Truman Capote (who never betrayed her in writing as he did his legendary “swans”). From her storied River Oaks residence—dubbed Wyatt Hyatt—to La Mauresque, her French Riviera retreat in St. Jean Cap Ferrat, she played hostess to a glittering roster of guests: Princess Grace, Duchess Sarah Ferguson, Mick Jagger, Liza Minnelli, and more. Now her royal highness of Houston is receiving her due in Ronda Carman’s new book, aptly titled Lynn Wyatt." —Garden & Gun"The Houston grande dame was one of the decade's best-selling T&C cover stars (no surprise there!). Her philanthropic prowess was the subject of a June 1985 feature; 40 years later Wyatt remains indefatigable and is the subject of a new book, Lynn Wyatt." —Town & Country