Hilary Mantel: Booker prize-winning author passes away at 70

Hilary Mantel: Hilary Mantel, who was the best-selling British author of the award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, died peacefully on Thursday at the age of 70. Her publisher shared the news of her demise on Friday. Wolf Hall was published in 2009, and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies was published three years later. Both of these books together sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and both of these books won Booker Prize, an amazing win for two books in the same trilogy. The third book of the series, The Mirror & the Light was published in March 2020.

HarperCollins shared a statement

A statement updated on website of her publisher 4^th Estate Books, which is owned by HarperCollins. It said, “it is with a great sadness that HarperCollins announces that bestselling author Dame Hilary Mantel DBE died peacefully. She was surrounded by close family and friends. Hilary Mantel will be remembered as a truly original writer. She leaves behind a body of work which inspires readers around the world.”

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HarperCollins wrote on their twitter handle,

Mantel studied Law at the London School of Economics and she first worked as a social worker after completing her study. She turned to writing fiction while living in Botswana for five years with her husband.

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