Author Hilary Mantel, best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, publisher HarperCollins has announced
Image: PA Image: PA AUTHOR DAME HILARY Mantel, best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, publisher HarperCollins has announced.
It added: “Hilary Mantel was one of the greatest English novelists of this century and her beloved works are considered modern classics. She will be greatly missed.” He said: “Her wit, stylistic daring, creative ambition and phenomenal historical insight mark her out as one of the greatest novelists of our time.“She will be remembered for her enormous generosity to other budding writers, her capacity to electrify a live audience, and the huge array of her journalism and criticism, producing some of the finest commentary on issues and books,” Hamilton said.
Mantel concluded her Wolf Hall trilogy in 2020 with the publication of The Mirror & The Light to critical acclaim, winning the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, which she first won for Wolf Hall.