HarperCollins said Jeffrey Archer died suddenly and peacefully at home on Monday, a day before the release of his final novel, Adam and Eve.
Bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said. The BBC reported that he died suddenly and peacefully at home on Monday between writing sessions.
HarperCollins said Archer sold more than 300 million books over five decades, including Kane and Abel and the Clifton Chronicles, and that his last novel, Adam and Eve, was due for release this week. AP reported he died a day before the global release of that book.
Archer served as a Conservative MP and was appointed to the House of Lords in 1992. He was later convicted of perjury over a libel case against the Star newspaper and was released from prison in 2003. He remained in the Lords until retiring in 2024.
The publisher said he had been at the Leicester Square Theatre on Sunday signing books with broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. Brandreth wrote that Archer had described the new novel as his last.
HarperCollins said he is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dame Mary Archer, their two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons.
People Sentiments Neutral
- Gyles Brandreth wrote that Archer had said the new novel was to be his last
- HarperCollins called him a master storyteller whose readers meant everything to him