She sold tens of millions of books and amassed a net worth of more than $300 million.
and wrote more than a dozen other novels that sold tens of millions of copies, has died. She was 91., published in 1979, Bradford averaged nearly a book a year as one of the world's most popular and wealthiest writers, her net worth estimated at more than $US200 million and her fame so high that her image appeared on a postage stamp in 1999. In 2007, Queen Elizabeth II awarded her an OBE .
A native of Leeds, West Yorkshire, she was an only child in a working class family who loved books early. As a girl, she had a story published in a local magazine. By age 16, she left school against her parents' wishes to become a reporter for the, cover a variety of beats for the London Evening News and, in the United States, write a syndicated column about interior design.
Seagrove, who became friends with Bradford after starring in the miniseries, described her as a "powerhouse of glamour and warmth" and a "force of nature" who stayed true to her roots. "She never, ever forgot that she was just a girl from Yorkshire that worked hard and made good. RIP dear friend."Author Barbara Taylor Bradford arrives to the opening night of the play Festen on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre, on Sunday, April 9, 2006, in New York.
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