Overview
- Her death was announced by her family via her official social-media accounts, which said she died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.
- Kinsella had told readers she was being treated for glioblastoma and underwent surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy under the care of University College Hospital in London.
- Coverage notes conflicting timelines for her initial diagnosis, with reports citing either 2022 or late 2023, and her public disclosure came in April 2024.
- Writing as Sophie Kinsella, the British novelist Madeleine Sophie Wickham created the Becky Bloomwood ‘Shopaholic’ series, which sold tens of millions of copies and was translated into more than 40 languages.
- The books inspired a 2009 film starring Isla Fisher, and her most recent novel, What Does It Feel Like?, was published in October 2024.