Politician and bestselling thriller author, Jeffrey Archer, 86, died on October 5 at his home in London. Archer published more than 40 books, with first novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less published in 1976, and his latest book Adam and Eve publishing today.
Kate Elton, HarperCollins UK CEO and Jeffrey’s editor, said in a release, “It has been one of the great privileges of my publishing life to have been Jeffrey Archer’s editor. He was the master storyteller and an editor’s dream – phenomenally hard-working, utterly committed to completing draft after draft to get every word as perfect as possible, and a true champion of the ‘team’ nature of great publishing. When he set out to write Adam and Eve he told me from the very beginning that it would be his final novel – he was so excited about the scale of it and told me that if he could pull it off it would equal anything he’d previously written, on which basis he couldn’t imagine embarking on any future novels. He did indeed pull it off – and he was utterly thrilled by the early reader reactions. We’re all devastated to have losta writer who has brought joy to generations of readers – and a true friend.”