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British-American novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, the author of the bestselling 1979 novel , has died. She was 91. Bradford’s death on Sunday was confirmed to the Associated Press by a spokesperson who said she passed at her home in New York City.
sold over 30 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a successful miniseries starring Jenny Seagrove. The show was nominated for two Emmys. Born in Leeds, England in 1933, Bradford started out as a journalist before picking up the pen and writing novels.
Her stories often focused on rags-to-riches journeys for young women. A bestseller in both the U.K.
and U.S., Bradford wrote a total of 40 books across her career.
Other popular novels of hers include and the series. Nine more of her novels were turned into television programs or films throughout her career, all of them produced by Bradford’s husband Robert E. Bradford, an Paying tribute, her publisher and editor Lynne Drew : “Dominating the bestseller lists, she broke new ground with her sweeping epic novels spanning generations, novels which were resolutely not romances, and she epitomised the woman of substance she created, particularly with her ruthless work ethic.
” Charlie Redmayne, chief executive of publisher HarperCollins, said: “Barbara Taylor Bradford was a truly exceptional writer whose first book, the international bestseller , changed the lives of so many who read it — and still does to this day.” She was “a natural storyteller”, Redmayne said, as well as “a great, great friend”. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The Hollywood Reporter.
