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Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella
12 December 1969 – 10 December 2025 · From United Kingdom- Books
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Sophie Kinsella was the pen name of English novelist Madeleine Sophie Wickham (1969–2025). A former financial journalist, she published seven novels under her own name before adopting the pseudonym in 2000 with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (published in the US as Confessions of a Shopaholic), the first of the bestselling Shopaholic series.
Her novels sold more than 50 million copies worldwide in over 60 countries. She died in December 2025 following a diagnosis of glioblastoma, which she wrote about in her final novel, What Does It Feel Like? (2024).
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Contemporary Romance Fiction Romantic Comedy Romance Humor
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Can You Keep A Secret?
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Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, and Shopaholic Ties the Knot
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Shopaholic #1
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Shopaholic takes Manhattan
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Shopaholic #2
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Shopaholic Ties the Knot
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Shopaholic #3
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Finding Audrey
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Sophie Kinsella is widely recognized for her "Shopaholic" series, which follows the humorous misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist with a shopping addiction.
The first two books in Sophie Kinsella's "Shopaholic" series, "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan," were adapted into the film "Confessions of a Shopaholic."
Sophie Kinsella also writes adult fiction under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, which often features a slightly different tone than her Kinsella novels.
The "Shopaholic" series should be read in publication order, starting with "Confessions of a Shopaholic," to follow Becky Bloomwood's story chronologically.