YoungWillz 21,256 Posted October 30, 2019 On 06/03/2013 at 13:56, Bibliogryphon said: Another list that no-one asked for: Living Winners of the Carnegie Medal The Carnegie medal is awarded for outstanding Children's books whether fiction or non-fiction. It was won by C S Lewis's The Last Battle in 1956 and Neil Gaiman said winning the prize was very important to him. No-one has won the prize three times although seven authors have won it twice. I have listed the authors in order of thier first win. *SNIP* Rosemary Harris (b.1923) *SNIP" Not the actress but the author Rosemary Harris, dead at 96: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/236935/harris DDP Pick. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted October 30, 2019 Another hit for me. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted November 5, 2019 African-American author Ernest J. Gaines dead at 87 years. He was best known for his award-winning novel, A Lesson Before Dying (1993), which tells the story of a black man who is sentenced to death for a crime that he did not commit. Gaines's other works include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) and A Gathering of Old Men (1983): https://www.wafb.com/2019/11/05/famed-louisiana-author-ernest-gaines-dies/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted December 2, 2019 On 05/11/2018 at 19:47, Sir Creep said: A touching little story about Joe Hammond, a man from the same town as my ex brother-in-law (Petersfield), who has been diagnosed with MND and has written birthday cards for his two sons that will be the gift that keeps on giving until they are 21. Awwww, get the tissue. SC Published (understandably) in the Only Famous For Being Ill thread above, moving this across as Joe Hammond, playwright and author of A Short History Of Falling is dead: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/author-joe-hammond-dies-aged-50-1122546 Here's the Guardian article from September: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/29/a-short-history-of-falling-joe-hammond-review so a QO is probably assured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted December 3, 2019 Robert Massie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian & author whose favourite subject was Russian tsars, has died. He was 90. https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20191202/news/312029808/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted December 3, 2019 American writer Andrew Clements whose debut children's novel, Frindle, won the Christopher Award and fifteen other literary prizes, dead at 70 years: https://b985.fm/maine-author-behind-childrens-classic-frindle-has-passed-away/ His other works include the Pets to the Rescue series, the Jake Drake books, and stand-alone novels entitled Lunch Money, Lost and Found, and We the Children. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted December 5, 2019 Canadian Novelist and short story writer Andrew Weiner, whose works of science fiction include Among the Missing and This is the Year Zero, dead at 70 years: https://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ServiceDetails.aspx?snum=136089&fg=0&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted December 9, 2019 On 26/05/2019 at 23:51, DevonDeathTrip said: The author Kate Figes, a DDP pick, has been ominously quiet on her Twitter and Facebook pages for several weeks now. Although, to be fair, most of her Twitter output consisted of retweeting pro-Remain twaddle, so she might have given up on the fight for European solidarity rather than the fight for life itself. Not sure if her death has been reported but Kate Figes has a Guardian Obit to her name: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/09/kate-figes-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 865 Posted December 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Not sure if her death has been reported but Kate Figes has a Guardian Obit to her name: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/09/kate-figes-obituary So Nell Gifford and Kate Figes in the same day eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted December 9, 2019 Wow, I had just pencilled her in after a pretty downbeat Daily mail article on her last week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted December 20, 2019 American author Ward Just, known for nearly twenty novels and several short stories, dead at 84 years: https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/12/20/ward-just-helped-define-new-era-journalism His 2005 work, An Unfinished Season, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted December 21, 2019 On 07/01/2019 at 02:04, msc said: Anyone else see the BBC doc on Raymond Briggs this week? It's on Iplayer. He looks and sounds dreadfully frail now, and can only do one small picture a month, though he even struggles with that as he "falls asleep too easily". Felt like an obit piece. I thought he had his own thread? Anyway, Raymond Briggs "frail but chipper" in this Guardian portrait as he is about to publish what might be his final book "Time for lights out": https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/21/raymond-briggs-interview-time-for-lights-out 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,639 Posted December 23, 2019 Johanna Lindsey, sold 60 million novels in the romance category, died in October but her death has only just been publicised. Even if you don't know the name, you'll recognise her distinctive cover art style: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted December 25, 2019 Chinese author Da Chen, who moved to the USA and who is best known for "Color of the Mountain" dead at just 57: http://m.startribune.com/colors-of-the-mountain-author-da-chen-dies-at-57/566470222/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted December 29, 2019 Twitter is killing off Scottish author Alasdair Gray. Any word reached you @msc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted December 29, 2019 Wiki says Alasdair Gray is dead. Edit: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,256 Posted December 29, 2019 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Twitter is killing off Scottish author Alasdair Gray. Any word reached you @msc? 1 minute ago, gcreptile said: Wiki says Alasdair Gray is dead. Edit: This is the source me hearties: https://canongate.co.uk/news/alasdair-gray-author-and-artist-has-died-aged-85/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,560 Posted December 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Twitter is killing off Scottish author Alasdair Gray. Any word reached you @msc? Yes, it's true, heard about 30 mins ago. A huge loss for Scottish writing, both in terms of talent and in terms of what a lovely chap he was, always generous with his time, advice and help to others. Sadly this news is not unexpected but is a bitter blow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted December 31, 2019 Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels Marion Chesney dead at 83 years: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/31/mc-beaton-prolific-author-created-phlegmatic-pc-hamish-macbeth/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,270 Posted January 7, 2020 Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel dead at 52 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,560 Posted January 7, 2020 So far my shortlist and dropped names from various teams are kicking the arse of my actual 2020 deadpool teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted January 7, 2020 Ah, well.... of course, I had her in contention (think she's on my salvage lot?). But until very recently she tweeted as always. And well, wiki says it was the dreaded complications...her cancer morphing into something else? It must have been a quick downturn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 607 Posted January 7, 2020 51 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel dead at 52 Prozac Nation is quite possibly the most insufferable book I've ever read. Still, sad news. Didn't know she was ill. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,372 Posted January 9, 2020 Hugely successful british novelist Wilbur Smith turns 87 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted January 9, 2020 Hugo award winning SF & Fantasy Writer Mike Resnick has died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
