The award-winning writer died suddenly but peacefully surrounded by family and friends, her publisher confirmed.
No cause of death was reported.
And all of that against the backdrop of chronic health problems, which she dealt with so stoically.
Man Booker Prize–winning author Hilary Mantel has died.David Levenson/Getty Images
Our thoughts go out to her beloved husband Gerald, family, and friends."
Mantel published 17 books, including 2009’sWolf Hall, the fictionalized biography of Thomas Cromwell during the early 1500s.
Mantel won numerous literary awards for the sequels as well.
The writer won the Booker Prize twice in her career, and was long-listed a third time in 2020.
She is one of only a handful of authors including Margaret Atwood, Peter Carey, and J.M.
Coetzee to win the honor twice.
There have been multiple adaptations of theWolf Hallbooks, including stage productions.
BBC notably presented a TV version in 2015 with actor Mark Rylance starring as Cromwell.
She first worked as a social worker.
Mantel was awarded damehood in 2014 for her services to literature.
She is survived by her husband, Gerald McEwen.
