Novelist Judith Krantz Dies at Age 91

The best-selling romance novelist Judith Krantz has died at the age of 91. Krantz didn’t embark on a fiction-writing career until she was 50 years old, but her first novel, Scruples, was a steamy sensation. “If you’re going to write a good erotic scene, you have to go into details,” she once said. Her books—10 in total—have sold 85 million copies worldwide, according to the Associated Press.

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Author: Phil Slattery

Publisher, Rural Fiction Magazine; publisher, The Chamber Magazine; founder, the Farmington Writers Circle. I have written short stories and poetry for many years. In my careers as a Naval officer and in the federal government, I have written thousands of documents of many types. I am currently working on a second edition for my poetry collection and a few novels. View all posts by Phil Slattery