Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella | |
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Kinsella in 2009 | |
| Born | Madeleine Sophie Townley 12 December 1969 Roehampton, London, England |
| Died | 10 December 2025 (aged 55) Dorset, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1991–2025 |
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Notable works | The Shopaholic series |
| Spouse |
Henry Wickham (m. 1991) |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | |
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Madeleine Sophie Wickham (née Townley; 12 December 1969 – 10 December 2025), known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, was an English author. She is especially known for her best-selling Shopaholic series of novels. By the time of her death, her books had sold over 50 million copies in more than 60 countries and had been translated into over 40 languages. The first two novels in her Shopaholic series, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000) and Shopaholic Abroad (2001), were adapted into the film Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). Her 2003 standalone novel Can You Keep a Secret? was adapted into a film of the same name in 2019.