Jeffrey Archer Dies: Bestselling ‘Kane & Abel’ Author & Politician Was 86

Skip to main content Jeffrey Archer in 2000 Getty Jeffrey Archer, the prolific British author and former politician, has died at the age of 86. Archer’s publisher HarperCollins confirmed his death in a statement, revealing that the Kane & Abel writer died “suddenly and peacefully at home” on Monday. A cause of death was not disclosed. Archer, a former Conservative member of parliament, sold more than 300 million books during a writing career that spanned five decades. HarperCollins claims that Lord Archer is the only author ever to have been a #1 bestseller in fiction, short stories, and non-fiction Archer’s work was adapted for the screen on many occasions, including the 1985 CBS miniseries based on Kane & Abel, which starred Peter Strauss as Abel Rosnovski and Sam Neill as William Lowell Kane. Watch on Deadline More follows Must Read Stories Read More About: Subscribe to Deadline Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy. Sign Up Newswire Site