What is Wilbur Smith?
[[File:Wilbur Smith in Sydney.jpg|thumb|Smith at a book launch in [[Sydney]]]] '''Wilbur Addison Smith''' (9 January 1933 &ndash; 13 November 2021) was a [[South Africa]]n-[[British people|British]] author. He mostly writes [[historic]]al [[fiction]] books set in [[Southern Africa]]. His best known books include ''[[When the Lion Feeds]]'', ''[[The Burning Shore]]'', ''[[River God]]'' and ''[[The Seventh Scroll]]''. He had three major book sets, ''The Courtney Novels'', ''The Ballantyne Novels'' and the ''Ancient Egypt'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wilbursmithbooks.com/books|title=The Complete Bibliography|work=wilbursmithbooks.com|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> He wrote forty books, beginning in 1964. He had sold over 120 million copies in total.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wilbursmithbooks.com/site/page/literary-lions-roaring-70s|title=Literary lion's roaring 70s|work=wilbursmithbooks.com|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810183450/http://www.wilbursmithbooks.com/site/page/literary-lions-roaring-70s|url-status=dead}}</ref> Smith was born in Broken Hill, [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now [[Kabwe]], [[Zambia]]). He was educated in South Africa. He was married four times: the first two marriages ended in [[divorce]], his third wife died of [[brain cancer]] in 1999, and married his last wife in 2000. He had four children. He lived in [[London]] and [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/wilbur-smith/|title=Wilbur Smith|work=Pan Macmillan Australia|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> Smith died on 13 November 2021 at his home in Cape Town at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilbursmithbooks.com/latest-news/legendary-novelist-wilbur-smith-passes-away-at-the-age-of-eighty-eight|title=Legendary novelist Wilbur Smith passes away at THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT|website=Wilbur Smith Books|date=13 November 2021|accessdate=13 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Agence France-Pr