Sophie Kinsella (54), the best-selling author behind the book series ‘Shopaholic‘, has revealed that she is being treated for brain cancer.
“I’ve been wanting to share a health update with you for a long time but I’ve been waiting until I have the strength to do it,” she says.
“At the end of 2022 I was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of aggressive brain cancer. I didn’t share this earlier because I wanted to make sure my kids would be able to hear the news and process it privately and adjust to our ‘new normal’.”
Glioblastomas are a fast-growing type of brain tumor and the most common type of cancerous (malignant) brain tumor in adults, according to Cancer Research UK.
“All things constant”
Kinsella, who lives in the UK with her husband and children, said she is being treated by an “excellent team” at a London hospital, and has undergone “successful surgery and radiotherapy and subsequent chemotherapy, which continues.
“At the moment everything is stable and I feel very good in general, although I am getting tired and my memory is even worse than before,” she said.
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Over 45 million books
The author, who also goes by the name Madeleine Wickham, has sold more than 45 million copies of her books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages, in more than 60 countries, according to her website.
Its main character ShopaholicBecky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who loves shopping and is hopeless with money, appeared on the big screen in 2009 in a film adaptation of Confessions of a Shopaholic. She was played by the Australian actress, Isla Fisher.
“Sending you so much love and healing energy,” Fisher responded to the bad news.
Kinsella’s latest book, the romantic comedy The Burntwill be released in October.
2024-04-18 20:29:16
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