Madeleine Sophie Wickham, better known by her pen name, Sophie Kinsella, died on Wednesday at age 55. The British writer was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2022. She shared the news of her health condition on social media in 2024, thanking her readers for their support. Known for the hit Shopaholic book series, Kinsella sold more than 50 million copies of her work. The first and second of these books were adapted into the 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher. Kinsella’s family announced her death on social media, writing, “She died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy. We can’t imagine what life will be like without her radiance and love of life.” The family added that Kinsella “took nothing for granted,” including “the extraordinary success of her writing career.”
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