https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/20/josephine-cox-bestselling-novelist-of-family-sagas-dies-at-82

The author of more than 60 books, which sold more than 20m copies over three decades, died on Friday

Josephine Cox, the proflic author who grew up in poverty in Blackburn and went on to sell millions of copies of her family dramas, has died at the age of 82.

Her publisher HarperCollins said today that Cox died “peacefully” on Friday. The author of more than 60 books, written over a career which spanned more than three decades, Cox sold more than 20m copies of her family sagas, which combined romance and tragedy to dramatic, bestselling effect.