Hilary Mantel in 2020
(Picture: Getty Images)Dame Hilary Mantel, the acclaimed author who penned some of the UK’s most famous historical fiction books, has died aged 70.
She was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, the eldest of three children, graduated from Sheffield University with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence, and then published her first novel, Every Day is Mother’s Day, in 1985 when she was 33 years old. Shortly after, she became The Spectator’s film critic, before moving on to write novels full-time.
