Acclaimed British writer Martin Amis died at the age of 73 at his family’s home in Lake Worth, Florida, on Saturday. Amis was best known for novels, including, ‘Money’, ‘London Fields’ and ‘The Information’. The news of his death was confirmed by his wife Isabel Fonseca who said he died of esophageal cancer.

Who is Isabel Fonseca?

Isabel Fonseca is an American-Uruguayan writer. Some of her best books include ‘Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey’ and ‘Attachment.’

Fonseca grew up in New York City. After graduating from Oxford University, Fonseca settled in London and worked as an editor at the Times Literary Supplement. She wrote for several well-known publications, including Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and The Economist. 

Her first novel, Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey, hit the stands in 1995 and went on to be published in 22 countries.

She and Martin Amis married in 1996. The couple had their first daughter, Fernanda, in 1997. Their second child, a daughter named Clio, was born in 1999.

Speaking about Fonseca in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in 2008, Amis said, “I rely tremendously on her beauty. She looks very nice when she’s asleep and she wakes with a smile. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s very unfair, as all things to do with beauty are, but it’s a fact. I rely on it forjoie de vivre. It’s proof of her equilibrium as well. Your happiness determines your demeanor in the world.”

Calling Amis “a tender person,” Fonseca told the outlet, “What he has is fabulous concentration. He has this wonderful ability to block everything out for hours at a time. And months at a time. His sense of center is very much his work. I allow myself to be distracted more.”