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Anne Perry obituary
Oct 28, 1938
Apr 10, 2023
Anne Perry, a well-known crime novelist famous for her historical and socially conscious crime fiction, has passed away at the age of 8...
Meir Shalev obituary
Jul 29, 1948
Apr 11, 2023
Meir Shalev, a prominent Israeli writer, has passed away at the age of 74. Shalev was known for his satirical novels about Israel's pio...
Amy Schwartz obituary
Apr 02, 1954
Feb 26, 2023
Amy Schwartz, an author and illustrator of dozens of books for children, died on February 26, 2023, at her home in Brooklyn. She was 68...
John Jakes obituary
Mar 31, 1932
Nov 12, 2021
John Jakes was an American author who was known for his historical fiction, particularly his bestselling "North and South" trilogy, whi...
Melissa Bank obituary
Oct 11, 1960
Aug 02, 2022
Her tale collection “The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing,” her first book, has been translated into dozens of languages and has sol...
Cecile Pineda obituary
Sep 01, 1932
Aug 11, 2022
She became a novelist after a theater career and won acclaim with her debut, “Face,” the story of a man who rebuilds his own face after...
Norah Vincent obituary
Sep 20, 1968
Jul 06, 2022
Her best-selling 2006 book about that experience, “Self-Made Man,” made her a media darling. But it cost her psychologically.
In the w...
Jan Longone obituary
Jul 31, 1933
Aug 03, 2022
The cookbook collection that began in the basement of her home became the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the University o...
Elana Dykewomon obituary
Oct 11, 1949
Aug 07, 2022
In a five-decade career that began with the coming-of-age novel “Riverfinger Women,” she was outspoken in her fiction, her poetry and h...
Nicholas Evans obituary
Jul 26, 1950
Aug 09, 2022
He was a first-time novelist whose tale of a manly vocation and family trauma broke publishing and then movie rights records when Rober...
Frederick Buechner obituary
Jul 11, 1926
Aug 15, 2022
He drew on his theological credentials in essays and memoirs, and his fiction, full of colorful characters, was admired for its eleganc...
Raymond Briggs obituary
Jan 18, 1934
Aug 09, 2022
Author-illustrator known for The Snowman and Father Christmas whose books often explored the quiet heroism of ordinary lives
Raymond B...
Peter Scupham obituary
Feb 24, 1933
Jun 11, 2022
Neil Powell’s obituary of Peter Scupham mentions his witty and learned book catalogues. Peter was the only bookseller I have encountere...
Shirley Barrett appreciation
Jan 01, 1961
Aug 03, 2022
Shirley Barrett appreciation: ‘She never stopped being the life of the party’
Australian film-maker and author Shirley Barrett died th...
Ann Shulgin obituary
Mar 22, 1931
Jul 09, 2022
Therapist and countercultural figure who explored the use of psychedelic drugs for anxiety and other disorders.
The California counte...
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