Top-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford dies at 91

“A Woman of Substance” writer Barbara Taylor Bradford died successful her New York City location connected Sunday. She was 91.

Bradford conquered the literate satellite with her 1979 caller astir a pistillate of humble means who conquers the concern world. She past wrote dozens much novels successful 40 languages that sold much than 90 cardinal copies. The British writer was honored with a postage stamp successful 1999.

Bradford was believed to person been worthy $200 million.

Her different works see 1990’s “The Women successful his Life,” 2003’s “Emma’s Secret” and 2023’s “The Wonder of It All.”

She was joined to German filmmaker Robert Bradford, who died successful 2019. According to the Hollywood Reporter, he was readying to turn “A Woman of Substance” into a caller film. The caller was made into a 1985 miniseries featuring Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson.

The “Women successful his Life” was inspired by Robert Bradford’s flight from Nazi Germany. The brace were joined for 56 years.

Bradford near schoolhouse erstwhile she was 16 to go a newsman astatine her hometown paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post, and it wasn’t until she was successful her 40s that she became palmy arsenic a novelist. She remained prolific, penning 40 novels implicit the people of an exceptional career, according to Deadline.

According to an unauthorized biography published successful 2006, Bradford religiously started penning astatine 6 a.m. and typed until 6 p.m. with a 1 p.m. interruption in-between.

Queen Elizabeth II recognized her with The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire honor.

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