PD James, the author of Death Comes to Pemberley, has died at the age of 94, her agent has confirmed.
Phyllis Dorothy James rose to fame with her series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
Her publisher Faber and Faber said she died at her home in Oxford this morning, November 27.
James' publicist Carol Heaton said: "All of us who worked with Phyllis James feel a sense of regret and great sadness at her death.
"We loved and treasured her for more than 50 years. She was so warm and loving in all her dealings with us, as well as being admirably wise-not only about the world of books but the world at large.
"We were proud to represent her and shall miss her dreadfully."
James also wrote two Cordelia Gray mysteries and many of her books were adapted into movies and TV dramas, including her dystopian novel The Children of Men.
In 2011 a TV version of her celebrated book Death Comes to Pemberley, a murder mystery continuation of the events of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, was broadcast.
