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British author of ‘Wolf Hall’ saga Hilary Mantel dies at 70

FILE - Author and winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award for 2012 Hilary Mantel poses for photographers at the Costa Book awards ceremony in London, on Jan. 29, 2013. Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” saga, has died, publisher HarperCollins said Friday Sept. 23, 2022. She was 70. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE - From left, authors, Malaysian Tan Twan Eng, Deborah Levy, Hilary Mantel, Will Self, holding his book, top, Alison Moore and Jeet Thayil, from India, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, hold copies of their books during a photo call at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, on Oct. 15, 2012. Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” saga, has died, publisher HarperCollins said Friday Sept. 23, 2022. She was 70. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File) FILE - Winner of the 2009 Booker Prize for fiction Hilary Mantel with their book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central London, on Oct. 6, 2009. Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” saga, has died, publisher HarperCollins said Friday Sept. 23, 2022. She was 70. (AP Photo/ Alastair Grant, File) FILE - Hilary Mantel, winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, poses with a copy of her book 'Bring up the Bodies', shortly after the award ceremony in central London, on Oct. 16, 2012. Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” saga, has died, publisher HarperCollins said Friday Sept. 23, 2022. She was 70. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
British author of ‘Wolf Hall’ saga Hilary Mantel dies at 70