Best-selling British horror writer James Herbert, who penned novels such as "The Rats" and "The Fog", has died suddenly at the age of 69, his publisher said on Wednesday.
Herbert's editor at publisher Pan Macmillan, Jeremy Trevathan, said the writer died on Wednesday morning in bed at his home in Sussex. No cause of death was given but a spokeswoman for the publisher said he had not been ill.
Herbert wrote 23 novels, was published in 34 languages and sold more than 54 million copies worldwide during a writing career which spanned nearly 40 years.
Four of his novels were made into films: "The Survivor", "Fluke", "Haunted" and "The Rats", whose silver screen title was "Deadly Eyes". ...
More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/20/entertainment-us-author-jamesherbert-dea-idUSBRE92J12E20130320
| Reply via web post | Reply to sender | Reply to group | Start a New Topic | Messages in this topic (1) |
Blog, a searchable database of obituaries
back to 2001:
http://DeadCelebrityAlert.com
- - -
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section
107, any copyrighted work in this message is
distributed under fair use without profit or
payment to those who have expressed a prior
interest in receiving the included
information for non-profit research and
educational purposes only.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
