Booker Prize-winning author Dame Hilary Mary Mantel has died. She was 70. The news of her death was shared by her publisher HarperCollins UK today on social media.
A tweet by HarperCollins UK read, "We are heartbroken at the death of our beloved author, Dame Hilary Mantel, and our thoughts are with her friends and family, especially her husband, Gerald. This is a devastating loss and we can only be grateful she left us with such a magnificent body of work."
