[Kate!]

Barbara Taylor Bradford, the bestselling author behind A Woman of Substance, has died at the age of 91. The novelist died peacefully at home yesterday, Sunday November 24, following a short illness.

The prolific writer published 40 novels during her career, with her most recent, The Wonder of It All, released just last year. She was often labelled “the grand dame of blockbusters”, with her books selling more than 91 million copies to date, and having been published in more than 40 languages and in 90 countries.