We've updated our Privacy and Cookies PolicyWe've made some important changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy and we want you to know what this means for you and your data.Asked if the author was still in hospital, Mr Wylie replied: "I can't give any information about his whereabouts.The novelist was forced into hiding for nearly 10 years after The Satanic Verses was published.He faced death threats and the then-Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa - or decree - calling for Mr Rushdie's assassination, placing a $3m (£2.5m) bounty on the author's head.There has been an outpouring of support for him, with the attack widely condemned as an assault on freedom of expression."