Barbara Taylor Bradford has died at the age of 91 surrounded by her family at her home after a 'short illness'.
Barbara Taylor Bradford has died aged 91 Barbara Taylor Bradford has died at the age of 91 after a short illness. The 91-year-old author died peace peacefully at her home on Sunday, November 24 following a short illness. A spokesperson confirmed she ‘was surrounded by loved ones to the very end. The author wrote 40 novels in her career, with her book A Woman of Substance turned into a popular TV series in the 1980s.
Taylor Bradford’s most recent novel, The Wonder of It All, was published just last year. The author was made an OBE in 2007 for services to literature. Charlie Redmayne, chief executive of publisher HarperCollins, said: ‘Barbara Taylor Bradford was a truly exceptional writer whose first book, the international bestseller A Woman Of Substance, changed the lives of so many who read it – and still does to this day.
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