Best-selling novelist Jackie Collins dies at 77

Best-selling British-born novelist Jackie Collins died of breast cancer Saturday at age 77. Collins wrote 32 books, all of which appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list and together sold more than 500 million copies, USA Today reports.

Collins was best known for writing about the sex lives of rich and famous characters, with her most successful work being Hollywood Wives, a 1983 novel that was optioned into a popular ABC miniseries.

Her older sister, actor Joan Collins, tweeted a touching tribute, along with stars like Oprah and Sharon Osbourne.

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"She was a true inspiration, a trail blazer for women in fiction and a creative force," a family statement on Collins' website read. "She will live on through her characters but we already miss her beyond words."