British writer Hilary Mantel, owner of 'Palace of Wolves', dies

British writer Hilary Mantell has died at the age of 70, according to HarperCollins Publishing.

"It is with great sadness that HarperCollins announces that the highly successful author, Hilary Mantell, passed away peacefully Thursday at the age of 70, surrounded by family and close friends," the publishing house said in a statement.

The author published 17 works, the first of which was “Every Day Is Mathers Day” in 1985, but she gained great fame after publishing a series of three books entitled “Wolf Hole” (The Palace of Wolves) dealing with the turbulent life of Thomas Cromwell, who He was one of the most prominent faces of the reformist trend in England.

Mantell has twice won the prestigious British Literary Prize for the first two books (“Wolf Hole” and “Bring Up the Buddies”) in the series, which have been translated into 41 languages.

As for the last book in the series, entitled “The Mirror and the Light” (published in 2020), it was praised by critics, and on the day of its release, queues of readers formed in front of bookstores to buy it.

Hilary Mantell (née Thompson at birth) was born on July 6, 1952, in Derbyshire to a family of Irish descent, and grew up with the disadvantages of being a “woman, from the North and poor”, as she points out in her memoir “Giving Up the Ghost” published in 2003.

She tweeted "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling that Mantell "was a genius."

"All the prize holders are very sad" at the death of Hilary Mantel, wrote the British Booker Prize's Twitter account.

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