Gloria Naylor, award-winning novelist, dies aged 66

The New York author won the National Book Award for much-loved work The Women of Brewster Place, which was later turned into a miniseries and a musical

Gloria Naylor, whose debut novel The Women of Brewster Place became a bestseller, a National Book Award winner and a TV miniseries released through Oprah Winfrey’s production company, has died at the age of 66.

Naylor’s death was confirmed on Monday to the Associated Press by Cara Reilly, an assistant at the literary agency Sterling Lord Literistic. Fellow authors soon paid tribute on Twitter, with Terry McMillan urging her followers to “read everything Gloria Naylor has ever written” and Tayari Jones thanking her for choosing her for a literary award in 2000 and helping to launch her career.

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