[4] Wiggins lived in London for 16 years, and for brief periods in Paris, Brussels, and Rome.
On February 14, 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a Fatwa ordering Rushdie's assassination for alleged blasphemy in his book, The Satanic Verses.
[5] Although Wiggins had told Rushdie only five days prior that she wished to end their marriage, she nevertheless went into hiding along with him.
[4] In 2016 Wiggins suffered a stroke, leaving her unable to read or write.
[8] I have lived a really interesting life," she told Pamela J. Johnson in July 2006.