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Author Kinsella reveals brain cancer diagnosis

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Steven McIntosh,
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Getty Images English author Sophie Kinsella attends a photocall at Edinburgh
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Author Sophie Kinsella has revealed she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form
of brain cancer.

The 54-year-old, whose real name is Madeleine Sophie Wickham, is best known for
writing the Shopaholic book series.

In a statement posted on Facebook, the novelist said she had been receiving
"excellent care".

She added she had been receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which is still
ongoing.

She told her followers: "At the end of 2022 I was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a
form of aggressive brain cancer.

"I did not share this before because I wanted to make sure that my children were
able to hear and process the news in privacy and adapt to our 'new normal.'

"I have been under the care of the excellent team at University College Hospital in
London and have had successful surgery and subsequent radiotherapy and
chemotherapy, which is still ongoing."

Kinsella added she is stable and "generally very well", but said she often feels
very tired and joked her "memory is even worse than it was before".

"I am so grateful to my family and close friends who have been an incredible
support to me, and to the wonderful doctors and nurses who have treated me."

She concluded by "sending love and best wishes" to everyone who is suffering from
cancer.

"It can feel very lonely and scary to have a tough diagnosis, and the support and
care of those around you means more than words can say," she said.

Kinsella's most recent book, The Burnout, was published in October 2023.
Her other novels include Can You Keep A Secret? and The Undomestic Goddess.

The first two novels in her eight-book Shopaholic series were adapted for the 2009
film Confessions of a Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher.

Fisher commented on Kinsella's Instagram post, writing: "Sending you so much love
and healing energy."

Kinsella has four sons and a daughter with husband Henry Wickham.

Kinsella's novels have sold more than 45 million copies in more than 60 countries,
and have been translated into more than 40 languages.

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