James Herbert
 James Herbert    (novelist) | |
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| Born | April 8, 1943 |
| Died | March 20, 2013 (Age 69) Sussex, UK |
Novels
James Herbert's last novel, Ash "queasily imagines Princess Diana and her secret son as well as Lord Lucan, Colonel Gaddafi and Robert Maxwell living together in a Scottish castle." He explained "That’s why I became a novelist in the first place,” he says. “I can’t bear to work by committee. As a writer I can say whatever I want. All my stories begin with the premise ‘what if?’ I get to play God... Prince Charles gave me an OBE a couple of years ago. I was firmly told beforehand to call him Your Royal Highness to start with then Sir. But that went straight out the window. I only call head waiters Sir. So finally it’s my turn. He asks me, ‘Are you working on anything at the moment?’ I told him, ‘I am and you’re in it, Charles.’ He went bright red, then chalky white. I was dismissed.”[1]
Death
Herbert died "at home" in Sussex in 2013.[2] The BBC was more explicit than his obituaries in the Telegraph[3] and Gaurdian[4], stating that "His publisher, Pan Macmillan, confirmed that he died at his home in Sussex this morning. No cause of death was given".[5]
References
- ↑ James Herbert: My new thriller about Princess Diana's secret son
- ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/james-herbert-dies
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9944344/James-Herbert.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/20/james-herbert-horror-author-dies
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21870413
