Renowned novelist Jackie Collins  passes away due to breast cancer. She was 77. she died in Los Angeles after she was diagnosed with stage-four cancer six-and-a-half years ago on 19th September 2015.

In a career spanning four decades, Collins sold more than 500 million books in 40 countries across the world. She began writing as a teenager, making up racy stories for her school-friends. Her first novel, ‘The World is Full of Married Men’, was published in 1968 and became a bestseller. In 1985, her novel ‘Hollywood Wives’ was made into a mini-series by ABC, starring Anthony Hopkins and Candice Bergen.

About Jckie Collins:

• She was a British-American romance novelist.
• She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list.
• Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television mini-series.
• Collins’ first novelwas  The World Is Full of Married Men in 1968 and second was The Stud in 1969.
• She was born on 4th October 1937.
• She was died on 19th September 2015.
• Awards: 
  •  She was honoured with Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2013.