From an obit on theguardian.com by Richard Lea and Ella Creamer headlined “AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87”:

The writer and critic AS Byatt, who explored family, myth and narrative in a career spanning six decades, has died.

Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, who wrote under the name AS Byatt, authored complex and critically acclaimed novels, including the Booker prize-winning Possession and her examination of artistic creation, The Children’s Book. Over her career, she won a swathe of literary awards, from the Booker to a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters.