British author Hilary Mantel, best know for her Wolf Hall trilogy, has died at the age of 70.
U.K. newspaper The Telegraph reported that she died “suddenly yet peacefully.”
Publishing giant HarperCollins said that “bestselling author Dame Hilary Mantel DBE died suddenly yet peacefully yesterday, surrounded by close family and friends, aged 70.” It added: “Hilary Mantel was one of the greatest English novelists of this century and her beloved works are…