Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
HarperCollins said the author sold more than 300 million books and was remembered as a master storyteller by his editor.
- On Monday, former politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer died at age 86, his publisher Harper Collins said. He passed away "suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions."
- Before his literary success, Archer served as a Conservative MP for five years and later as the party's deputy chairman, eventually becoming a life peer in 1992.
- His political career was paused in 2001 when he was imprisoned for four years for perjury; an Old Bailey jury found he had lied in a libel action against The Star 13 years earlier.
- Following his early release in 2003, Archer returned to the House of Lords until his 2024 retirement, continuing his prolific writing career alongside his political duties.
- Kate Elton, Harper Collins UK chief executive and Archer's editor, called him a "master storyteller" and "editor's dream," praising his commitment to "draft after draft" and the collaborative nature of publishing.
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With novels like "It's not all gold that shines", Jeffrey Archer delights over 300 million readers worldwide. Now the British died at the age of 86. He also made headlines away from literature.
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15min.ltBritish author Jeffrey Archer, who wrote numerous best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted of perjury, has died suddenly at the age of 87, his publisher HarperCollins said.
According to his publisher, the former British politician died peacefully in his home – on Sunday he had signed books in London. His last novel "Adam and Eve" was to be published this week.
Jeffrey Archer was a successful novelist, but also a disgraced politician, whose life was as colorful as the intrigue of his novels, writes BBC. Archer has sold over 300 million books in his career for five decades as a writer, including Chronicles Clifton and Kane and Abel, and ...
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