UK author and politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86

​British ‌novelist and ​former politician Jeffrey Archer ‌has died aged 86, British media reported on ‌Monday. Archer was a ‌best-selling author and sold over ⁠300 ​million copies ⁠worldwide, with his final ⁠novel Adam and Eve ​due to be published ⁠this month.

He was ⁠convicted ​of perjury in 2001 for ⁠lying in a ⁠libel lawsuit ⁠years earlier.