'Life and Loves of a She-Devil' author Fay Weldon passes away at 91

British author Fay Weldon best known for her writeups like The Life and Loves of a SheDevil and The Cloning of Joanna May has passed away aged 91On Wednesday Weldons agent tweeted a family statement which read It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fay Weldon CBE author essayist and playwright She died peacefully this morning 4th January 2023 The cause of her death was not revealedFay Weldon Family Announcement It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fay Weldon CBE author essayist and playwright She died peacefully this morning 4th January 2023 pictwittercom1nsp4qHlHvmdash Georgina Capel Assoc GeorginaCapel January 4 2023Also Read Nicole Kidman joins cast of filmmaker Taylor Sheridans CIA drama LionessAccording to Variety a USbased news outlet numerous cinematic adaptations of Weldons books have been created Both SheDevil a 1989 Golden Globenominated film starring Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr and the 1986 multiBAFTAwinning BBC television series of the same name were adapted from the 1983 novel The Life and Loves of a SheDevil about a woman who loses her husband to a romance novelist and goes to great lengths to make their lives miserableAnother popular Weldon adaptation was the 1992 television series Granada Televisions adaption of Patricia Hodge and Brian Coxs science fiction novel The Cloning of Joanna May 1989 Weldon also penned episodes of the wellknown sitcom Upstairs Downstairs including the pilot episode for which she received the Writers Guild Award for an outstanding TV scriptHer debut book The Fat Womans Joke was released in 1967 and her books Praxis 1979 and Worst Fears 1996 were both shortlisted for the Booker and Whitbread literature prizesIn tribute the Booker Prize handle tweeted We are saddened to hear that the brilliant Fay Weldon has died As well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979 she was a judge in 1983 and delivered one of the most memorable speeches in Booker history Our thoughts are with her family and friendsWe are saddened to hear that the brilliant Fay Weldon has died As well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979 she was a judge in 1983 and delivered one of the most memorable speeches in Booker history Our thoughts are with her family and friends pictwittercomzHYj8Hbi60mdash The Booker Prizes TheBookerPrizes January 4 2023Weldon produced almost 30 novels along with a number of television scripts She received the PENMacmillan Silver Pen Award 1996 for Wicked Women the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize 1989 for The Heart of the Country and the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire CBE in 2001 CBEThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever