British-American novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, the creator of the bestselling 1979 novel A Lady of Substance, has died. She was 91.
Bradford’s loss of life on Sunday was confirmed to the Related Press by a spokesperson who mentioned she handed at her residence in New York Metropolis.
A Lady of Substance bought over 30 million copies worldwide and was tailored right into a profitable Channel 4 miniseries starring Jenny Seagrove. The present was nominated for 2 Emmys.
Born in Leeds, England in 1933, Bradford began out as a journalist earlier than choosing up the pen and writing novels. Her tales usually targeted on rags-to-riches journeys for younger ladies. A bestseller in each the U.Okay. and U.S., Bradford wrote a complete of 40 books throughout her profession. Different widespread novels of hers embrace Ravenscar, Cavendon and the Home of Falconer collection.
9 extra of her novels had been become tv applications or movies all through her profession, all of them produced by Bradford’s husband Robert E. Bradford, an American movie producer who died in 2019.
Paying tribute, her writer and editor Lynne Drew informed the BBC on Monday: “Dominating the bestseller lists, she broke new floor along with her sweeping epic novels spanning generations, novels which had been resolutely not romances, and he or she epitomised the lady of substance she created, significantly along with her ruthless work ethic.”
Charlie Redmayne, chief government of writer HarperCollins, mentioned: “Barbara Taylor Bradford was a very distinctive author whose first e book, the worldwide bestseller A Lady of Substance, modified the lives of so many who learn it — and nonetheless does to at the present time.”
She was “a pure storyteller”, Redmayne mentioned, in addition to “an incredible, nice pal”.
