Isla Fisher Pays Tribute To ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author Sophie Kinsella: “My Heart Is Broken”

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• “You conjured Rebecca Bloomwood, a hilarious flawed dream of a comic character – and I was lucky enough to step into her shoes and speak your witty & brilliant words,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.
• Watch on Deadline Related Stories Obituaries Sophie Kinsella Dies: Author Of Book Series Adapted As ‘Confessions Of A Shopaholic’ Film Was 55 News ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Director On Isla Fisher’s Return & Other Horsemen Cameos “My daughters grew up being read your books and love them to this day.
• My heart is broken.
• You are still my hero, and I’m grateful for you,” added Fisher.
• “And though we won’t meet again, your light and magic lives on in your incredible characters.” Kinsella, who also wrote under her real name Madeleine Wickham, died at age 55 on Wednesday morning after suffering from a rare form of aggressive brain cancer, her family announced on her Instagram.