is the author maeve binchy alive?
Maeve Binchy dies aged 72. Maeve Binchy, the bestselling novelist, has died in hospital following a short illness. Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny has led tributes to popular novelist Maeve Binchy, who has died at the age of 72. The best-selling author died peacefully in hospital yesterday with her husband, children's writer Gordon Snell, by her side.