Novelist Jackie Collins Is Dead at 77
LatestLast night, British writer Jackie Collins died in her home in Los Angeles. Collins was 77. Her family said the cause was breast cancer which she was diagnosed with in 2007.
Collins was a prolific writer, producing more than 30 books throughout her career. The New York Times describes her novels as “filled with explicit, unrestrained sexuality.” She published her first book, The World Is Full of Married Men, in 1968, at a time when the romance genre was relatively prim, focusing on romantic love, yet demurring from frank depictions of sex. Collins’ style was anything but, it was considered so graphic that Australia and South Africa banned the sale of that book.