Dame Hilary Mantel, a Booker Prize–winning author, passed away at the age of 70.


She won the Booker twice for Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies.

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She is most known for her top-selling historical trilogy about Thomas Cromwell.

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The books were turned into a successful West End play and TV movie.

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Her literary agents A.M. Heath and publishers Harper Collins announced Dame Hilary's passing on Friday

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More than 5 million copies of her Wolf Hall trilogy, which has been translated into 41 languages, have been sold.

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JK Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, praised her as "a genius."

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Philip Hensher, a fellow novelist, was one among many who paid tribute, stating that her "compassion was unexampled."

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