‘Shopaholic’ author Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55

LONDON – British author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the popular “Shopaholic” series, has died aged 55 after being diagnosed with brain cancer, her family announced on Wednesday. Madeleine Sophie Wickham, who wrote under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, revealed last year that she was receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy for glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain