Bestselling author of the “Aga Sagas”, Joanna Trollope, has passed away at the age of 82.
Trollope carved out a successful career penning popular romance and intrigue novels such as The Rector’s Wife, Marrying the Mistress and Daughters in Law. She died peacefully in her Oxfordshire home, according to a statement from her daughters.
Born on 9 December 1943 in her grandfather’s rectory in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, Trollope leaves behind two daughters, Louise and Antonia, two stepsons and her grandchildren.
Between 1965 and 1967, she served as a civil servant at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. From 1967 to 1979, she worked as a teacher before dedicating herself full-time to writing in 1980.
Trollope began her writing career crafting historical romances under the pseudonym of Caroline Harvey.
In a heartfelt statement, her daughters Louise and Antonia said: “Our beloved and inspirational mother Joanna Trollope has died peacefully at her Oxfordshire home, on 11th December aged 82.”
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