LONDON, Sept 23, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Historical novelist Hilary Mantel, the first British female writer to win the Booker Prize twice, has died aged 70, her publishers 4th Estate Books announced on Friday.

"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," a statement said.
"This is a devastating loss and we can only be grateful she left us with such a magnificent body of work."