Bentrovato 1,096 Posted June 26, 2019 Only read her biography of Nora Joyce but she had written a few others. For those interested, Brenda Maddox passed away on 16 June 2019 aged 87. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brenda-maddox-obituary-pspgqxnfm https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/06/22/brenda-maddox-critic-broadcaster-biographer-uncovered-gripping/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,086 Posted July 2, 2019 Death Notice for Irene Coates, who has died aged 94: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=irene-coates-gregory&pid=193293380 Probably known for Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf? and The Seed Bearers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted July 11, 2019 (Cross-posted from the Baseball thread) Jim Bouton, a former 20 game winner and the author of the groundbreaking book 'Ball Four', has died. He was 80. https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-jim-bouton-obit-20190710-lhcv7pgzwjdajlsdxprzzjszpm-story.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted July 17, 2019 Howard Engel, author of the Benny Cooperman detective novels, has died. He was 88. https://www.cbc.ca/books/howard-engel-author-of-the-benny-cooperman-detective-series-dead-at-88-1.5213803 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted July 20, 2019 Daniel Callahan dies at 88 years: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/07/19/daniel-callahan-pioneer-bioethics-dies-88 He was a pioneer in the field of biomedical ethics. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted August 3, 2019 Harvey Frommer, who wrote books on baseball, collaborating on books with several noted sports figures, has died. He was 83. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/harvey-frommer-who-wrote-many-sports-books-has-died/2019/08/02/47075480-b541-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html?utm_term=.1cc4965d2095 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 3, 2019 4 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Harvey Frommer, who wrote books on baseball, collaborating on books with several noted sports figures, has died. He was 83. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/harvey-frommer-who-wrote-many-sports-books-has-died/2019/08/02/47075480-b541-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html?utm_term=.1cc4965d2095 Frommer to Eternity? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,011 Posted August 6, 2019 On 22/05/2019 at 05:22, Bibliogryphon said: Now that Herman Wouk has gone the Top Ten of Pulitzer prize winners looks like: 1965 Shirley Ann Graw (1929) 1969 N Scott Momaday (1934) 1983 Alice Walker (1944) 1984 William Kennedy (1928) 1985 Alison Lurie (1926) 1986 Larry McMurty (1936) 1988 Toni Morrison (1931) 1989 Anne Tyler (1941) 1992 Jane Smiley (1949) 1993 Robert Olen Butler (1945) Toni Morrison has died: 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,597 Posted August 6, 2019 Updating the top 10 Pulitzer prize for fiction winners after Toni Morrison 1965 Shirley Ann Graw (1929) 1969 N Scott Momaday (1934) 1983 Alice Walker (1944) 1984 William Kennedy (1928) 1985 Alison Lurie (1926) 1986 Larry McMurty (1936) 1989 Anne Tyler (1941) 1992 Jane Smiley (1949) 1993 Robert Olen Butler (1945) 1994 Annie Proulx (1935) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,597 Posted August 16, 2019 On 17/04/2019 at 11:28, Bibliogryphon said: Winners of the World Fantasy Award 1. Patricia A. McKillip (1948) 2. William Kotzwinkle (1943) 3. Michael Moorcock (1939) 4. Elizabeth A. Lynn (1946) 5. John Crowley (1942) 6. Barry Hughart (1934) 7. Dan Simmons (1948) 8. Patrick Suskind (1949) 9. Peter Straub (1943) 10. James K Morrow (1947) 11. Ellen Kushner (1955) 12. Robert R. McCammon (1952) 13. Tim Powers (1952) 14. Lewis Shiner (1950) 15. Christopher Priest (1943) 16. Rachel Pollack (1945) 17. Jeffrey Ford (1955) 18. Louise Erdrich (1954) 19. Martin Scott (1956) 20. Sean Stewart (1965) 21. Jo Walton (1964) 22. Susanna Clarke (1959) 23. Haruki Murakami (1949) 24. Guy Gavriel Kay (1954) 25. Margo Lanagan (1960) 26. China Mieville (1972) 27. Nueni Okorafor (1974) 28. Laive Tidhar (1976) 29. E Willow Wilson (1982) 30. Sofia Samatar (1971) 31. David Mitchell (1969) 32. Anna Smaill (b.1979) 33. Claire North (b.1986) 34. Victor LaVelle (b.1972) 35. Fonda Lee (b.1979) Oldest living winner now is Barry Hughart author of the magnificent Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart reported dead by his website on 1st August. Glad I didn't play him on my teams as it looks like there was no QO. Michael Moorcock now the oldest living winner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,539 Posted August 22, 2019 Robert Rankin not doing too well as he stated on Facebook a short while ago 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,745 Posted August 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Phantom said: Robert Rankin Damn. I love the Brentford Trilogy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted August 22, 2019 8 hours ago, En Passant said: Damn. I love the Brentford Trilogy. Me too Canos, Watkins and Benrahma will give any backline a game. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted September 1, 2019 Novelist Immanuel Wallerstein dead at 88 years: https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/dunya/2019/09/01/immanuel-wallerstein-vefat-etti/ He was known best for a four-volume sociological work titled The Modern World-System, he also published The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-first Century. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted September 1, 2019 Prometheus Award-winning Science-Fiction Author Brad Linaweather dead at 66 years after battle with cancer http://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted September 5, 2019 Dorothea Benton Frank, best-selling author of the book 'Queen Bee', has died. She was 67. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/09/04/dorothea-benton-frank-best-selling-author-queen-bee-dies-67/2216466001/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted September 18, 2019 Graeme Gibson has died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,569 Posted September 18, 2019 32 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Graeme Gibson has died LotM addition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted September 18, 2019 On 18/09/2019 at 11:23, The Old Crem said: Graeme Gibson has died Graeme Gibson obit: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-graeme-gibson-1.5288049 Long-time partner of Margaret Atwood. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted October 14, 2019 Twitter chatter reporting the death of Kate Braverman, writer of short stories, fiction and poetry. A list of her works: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/braverman-kate-1950 Edit: confirmed https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-10-14/kate-braverman-poet-author-obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted October 20, 2019 biographer, journalist, poet, and novelist Nick Tosches, known for The Devil and Sonny Liston (biography), In the Hand of Dante (novel), Where Dead Voices Gather (biography), and other works dead at 69 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/books/nick-tosches-dies.html He authored Hellfire, an acclaimed 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,569 Posted October 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: biographer, journalist, poet, and novelist Nick Tosches, known for The Devil and Sonny Liston (biography), In the Hand of Dante (novel), Where Dead Voices Gather (biography), and other works dead at 69 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/books/nick-tosches-dies.html He authored Hellfire, an acclaimed 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis "Dino" is probably the best biography of a musician ever written. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted October 20, 2019 33 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: biographer, journalist, poet, and novelist Nick Tosches, known for The Devil and Sonny Liston (biography), In the Hand of Dante (novel), Where Dead Voices Gather (biography), and other works dead at 69 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/books/nick-tosches-dies.html He authored Hellfire, an acclaimed 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis Aw man - LOVED Hellfire and the Sonny Liston book (Night Train in the UK), sad news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 23, 2019 The historian Georgette Elgey, author of a monumental and fascinating "History of the Fourth Republic", died at the age of 90, we learned Wednesday from its publisher. Also a journalist and editor, adviser to François Mitterrand at the Élysée, and former president of the High Council of Archives (2007-2016). SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,597 Posted October 24, 2019 On 06/03/2014 at 21:16, Bibliogryphon said: Alison Prince (b.1931) should be on the radar by now surely. She wrote a number of childrens novels but more significantly for those with British Childhoods to remember she wrote the scripts for Trumpton. I discovered this researching Gordon Murray who is I think on the radar. Sad day for Windy Miller and pals Alison Prince died on 12 October Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
