LONDON: Sophie Kinsella, the writer behind the favored Confessions of a Shopaholic, the million-selling novel a few monetary journalist who writes about cash issues however fails miserably at managing her personal, died on Monday (Dec 8) from issues of mind most cancers.
Her household confirmed the information. Kinsella, who additionally printed books below her actual identify Madeleine Wickham, was 55 years previous.
The household stated in a press release: “We’re heartbroken to announce the passing this morning of our beloved Sophie (aka Maddy, aka Mummy). She died peacefully, along with her closing days crammed along with her true loves: household and music and heat and Christmas and pleasure.
“We will’t think about what life shall be like with out her radiance and love of life.”
Beginning in 2000 with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, (titled Confessions of a Shopaholic in america), Kinsella printed 10 Shopaholic novels, together with different fiction. Her books have bought greater than 40 million copies worldwide and have been translated into dozens of languages.
