"Madeleine Wickham, known for writing the bestselling novel Confessions of a Shopaholic under her pen name Sophie Kinsella, has died aged 55. Wickham, dubbed the queen of romantic comedy by novelist Jojo Moyes, wrote more than 30 books for adults, children and teenagers, which have sold more than 45m copies. In April 2024, Wickham announced that she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer, at the end of 2022, and had undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery."
"She studied music at New College, Oxford, before switching to Philosophy, Politics and Economics. After graduation, she became a financial journalist, but she said she found the job dull. During the long commute to central London, she would read paperbacks by the likes of Mary Wesley and Joanna Trollope, and began wanting to write a book. At 24, she wrote her first novel, The Tennis Party, about a group of friends who take part in a weekend tournament."
Madeleine Wickham, known by the pen name Sophie Kinsella, wrote more than 30 books for adults, children and teenagers that sold over 45 million copies. She became famous for Confessions of a Shopaholic and was dubbed the queen of romantic comedy by novelist Jojo Moyes. Wickham announced in April 2024 that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma at the end of 2022 and had undergone surgery followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Born in London in 1969, she studied at New College, Oxford, initially in music before switching to Philosophy, Politics and Economics and later worked as a financial journalist. Her early novels under her real name were darker ensemble pieces, while the Sophie Kinsella books adopted a lighter romantic-comedy tone.
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