Barbara Taylor Bradford, writer of A Woman of Substance, which was tailored right into a vastly profitable Channel 4 drama collection, has died aged 91. Taylor Bradford died yesterday after a brief sickness.
Bradford’s writer Harper Collins confirmed the information this morning. The writer’s CEO Charlie Redmayne described her as a “really distinctive author whose first e book, the worldwide bestseller A Lady of Substance, modified the lives of so many who learn it – and nonetheless does to today.”
Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds in 1933, shifting to London in her twenties the place she first began writing.
In 1979, she printed her rags-to-riches debut A Lady of Substance about protagonist Emma Harte and the retail empire created by her and her household. The e book bought 30 million copies worldwide and made a star of Taylor Bradford, who went on to write down six extra within the collection.
A Lady of Substance was made right into a Channel 4 drama collection in 1984 starring Jenny Seagrove. It was watched by 14 million folks, which stays a Channel 4 report, and was nominated for 2 Emmys. One other 9 of Taylor Bradford’s books had been made into TV mini collection or films through the years, all of which had been produced by her husband Robert E. Bradford, the American movie producer who died in 2019. These included Maintain the Dream, To Be The Finest, Act of Will and Voice of the Coronary heart from the Emma Harte saga.
Taylor Bradford was prolific and wrote many different books together with the Ravenscar trilogy, Cavendon chronicles and Home of Falconer trilogy, the final of which was written final 12 months, titled The Surprise Of It All, which was her fortieth novel.
Paying tribute, her writer and editor Lynne Drew informed the BBC: “Dominating the bestseller lists, she broke new floor along with her sweeping epic novels spanning generations, novels which had been resolutely not romances, and she or he epitomised the lady of substance she created, significantly along with her ruthless work ethic.”
