Bestselling author of the "Aga Sagas", Joanna Trollope, has passed away at the age of 82.

Trollope carved out a successful career penning popular romance and intrigue novels such as The Rector's Wife, Marrying the Mistress and Daughters in Law. She died peacefully in her Oxfordshire home, according to a statement from her daughters.

Born on 9 December 1943 in her grandfather's rectory in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, Trollope leaves behind two daughters, Louise and Antonia, two stepsons and her grandchildren.

Between 1965 and 1967, she served as a civil servant at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. From 1967 to 1979, she worked as a teacher before dedicating herself full-time to writing in 1980. She later transitioned to contemporary fiction, the genre that would establish

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