Barbara Taylor Bradford Dies: ‘A Woman Of Substance’ Author Was 91

Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of A Woman of Substance, which was adapted into a hugely successful Channel 4 drama series, has died aged 91. Taylor Bradford died yesterday after a short illness.

Bradford’s publisher Harper Collins confirmed the news this morning. The publisher’s CEO Charlie Redmayne described her as a “truly exceptional writer whose first book, the international bestseller A Woman of Substance, changed the lives of so many who read it – and still does to this day.”

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