Overview
- HarperCollins announced Monday that Archer died "suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions," and the publisher said no cause of death was disclosed.
- Archer completed what he called his final novel, Adam and Eve, which was scheduled for publication the day after his death and will proceed to release as planned.
- He sold more than 300 million books over a five-decade career and was widely praised by his editor Kate Elton as a "master storyteller."
- Archer built a high-profile public life as a Conservative MP and deputy chairman, was made a life peer in 1992, and saw his political career interrupted by a 2001 conviction for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
- Tributes poured in from publishers, colleagues and politicians, the family asked for privacy, and his recent public activity included a sold-out signing with Gyles Brandreth the day before his death.