Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling British author best known for her series of breezy Shopaholic novels, the first two of which were adapted for a Disney movie that starred Isla Fisher , died Wednesday. She was 55.

Kinsella’s family announced her death in an Instagram post . She revealed in April 2024 that said she had been diagnosed at the end of 2022 with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

“She died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy,” they wrote.

Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling British author best known for her series of breezy Shopaholic novels, the first two of which were adapted for a Disney movie that starred Isla Fisher , died Wednesday. She was 55.

Kinsella’s family announced her death

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