Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86, days before new novel’s release
The novelist and former Conservative politician died at home on Monday, HarperCollins said. Adam and Eve was scheduled for publication the following day.
Jeffrey Archer, the novelist and former Conservative politician, has died aged 86. His publisher, HarperCollins, said he died “suddenly and peacefully” at home on Monday, between writing sessions.
His death came a day before the scheduled publication of Adam and Eve. On Sunday, he had appeared at a sold-out book event with broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, HarperCollins said.
Archer was a Conservative MP for five years, later serving as the party’s deputy chairman. He became a life peer in 1992 and retired from the House of Lords in 2024.
His political career was derailed after he was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice over evidence in a 1987 libel case. He served four years in prison.
Archer’s first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, was published in 1976. His 1979 novel Kane and Abel has sold more than 30 million copies, according to the source account.
