alt obits guy 3,385 Posted January 31, 2020 Jake MacDonald. author of books including "Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country", which won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction in 2002, has died after a fall. He was 70. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/award-winning-writer-jake-macdonald-dies-1.5447611 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,385 Posted February 1, 2020 Twitter reporting the death of prolific suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark at age 92. A DDP pick, too. Edit: Mary Higgins Clark obit: https://apnews.com/74fd23c000ad16c2fc13b893516e336b 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted February 1, 2020 4 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Twitter reporting the death of prolific suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark at age 92. A DDP pick, too. I should hope so. She was a pick in my wee local DP and we have 9 people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,074 Posted February 1, 2020 Higgins Clark gets the full BBC treatment, but I have to run now, before updating: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51339084 That does put us at 29 deaths in January. But could there be at least two QOs still waiting for us? I would guess that Louis Nirenberg is going to get a backlog QO from the Telegraph. Maybe Jörn Donner, too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted February 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Higgins Clark gets the full BBC treatment, but I have to run now, before updating: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51339084 That does put us at 29 deaths in January. But could there be at least two QOs still waiting for us? I would guess that Louis Nirenberg is going to get a backlog QO from the Telegraph. Maybe Jörn Donner, too? I think Nirenberg, Donner and mayyybe Lucy Jarvis (that Kremlin doc was world acclaimed after all) or Lucien Barbarin too. So 30+. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,211 Posted February 5, 2020 Sci-Fi/Horror writer John Grant (aka Paul Barnett) being reported dead on Twitter: Co-wrote some of the Lone Wolf series and co-edited The Encyclopaedia of Fantasy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,361 Posted February 7, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/obituaries/roger-kahn-who-lifted-sportswriting-with-boys-of-summer-dies-at-92.html American author Roger Kahn has died aged 92.His most famous work 'The boys of summer' ,popular amongst teenage boys, is a sort of coming of age type of novel , is seen as a classic in its genre by some. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,361 Posted February 8, 2020 British writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch died on this day in 1999 aged 79 .She was critically acclaimed and thought by many to be one of the best british writers of the second half of the 20th century. Arrgh meant to put this on the death anniversary thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted February 14, 2020 Canadian author and academic Louis-Edmond Hamelin , best known for his publications on the history of Northern Canada dies at 96 years: https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/572955/deces-de-louis-edmond-hamelin Many of his works focus on Canadian aboriginal people. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted February 15, 2020 AE Hotchner lasted until he was 102 but is no more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted February 16, 2020 21 hours ago, time said: AE Hotchner lasted until he was 102 but is no more. He co-wrote the autobiographies of Sophia Loren & Doris Day. Useful fellow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,385 Posted February 17, 2020 Charles Portis, who wrote the classic western novel 'True Grit', has died. He was 86. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/02/17/novelist-charles-portis-dies-at-86 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Robinson 71 Posted February 26, 2020 Clive Cussler, who wrote thriller novels that included his character Dirk Pitt, has died at the age of 88. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/02/26/sahara-author-clive-cussler-dead-dirk-pitt-series/ 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,770 Posted February 26, 2020 14 minutes ago, John Robinson said: Clive Cussler, who wrote thriller novels that included his character Dirk Pitt, has died at the age of 88. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/02/26/sahara-author-clive-cussler-dead-dirk-pitt-series/ Oh sad - I read his books in my early teens - got them out of library - RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted February 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: Oh sad - I read his books in my early teens - got them out of library - RIP. Same! They were (and are) great ripping yarns. Never actually read or seen Raise The Titanic though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted February 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, msc said: Never actually read or seen Raise The Titanic though. That's the only one I have read! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,647 Posted February 26, 2020 41 minutes ago, John Robinson said: Clive Cussler, who wrote thriller novels that included his character Dirk Pitt, has died at the age of 88. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/02/26/sahara-author-clive-cussler-dead-dirk-pitt-series/ Second hit for my theme team and a unique at that Moving up my list from the bottom upwards Peter Ackroyd should be afraid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted February 26, 2020 Damn, I almost put him on my list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,647 Posted February 26, 2020 BBC Obit for Clive Cussler https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51644229 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted February 26, 2020 4 hours ago, msc said: Same! They were (and are) great ripping yarns. Never actually read or seen Raise The Titanic though. 4 hours ago, Toast said: That's the only one I have read! Same. I think I nicked it off my granddad one wet summer holiday when I was a kid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,211 Posted February 29, 2020 On 06/12/2018 at 12:52, Bibliogryphon said: One for all the American posters. Newbury Medal Winners 1971 Betsy Byars (b.1928) 1976 Susan Cooper (b.1935) 1977 Mildred Taylor (b.1943) 1978 Katherine Peterson (b.1932) 1983 Cynthia Voight (b.1942) 1984 Beverly Cleary (b.1916) 1985 Robin McKinley (b.1952) 1986 Patricia MacLachlan (b.1938) 1989 Paul Fleishman (b.1952) 1990 Lois Lowry (b.1937) 1991 Sharon Creech (b.1945) 1992 Karen Cushman (b.1941) 1998 Karen Hesse (b.1952) 1999 Louis Sachar (b.1954) 2000 Christopher Paul Curtis (b.1953) 2002 Linda Sue Park (b.1960) 2003 AVI (Edward Wortis) (b.1937) 2004 Kate di Camillo (b.1964) 2005 Cynthia Kadohata (b.1954) 2006 Lynda Rae Perkins (b.1956) 2007 Susan Patron (b.1948) 2008 Laura Schlitz (b.1955) 2009 Neil Gaiman (b.1960) 2010 Rebecca Stead (b.1968) 2011 Clare Vanderpool (b.1965) 2012 Jack Gantos (b.1951) 2013 Katherine Applegate (b.1956) 2015 Kwame Alexander (b.1968) 2016 Matt de la Pena (b.????) 2017 Kelly Barnhill (b.1973) 2018 Erin Entrade Kelly (b.????) Death Notice for Betsy Byars: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?pid=195538881 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125694/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,137 Posted March 1, 2020 Luis Sepulveda infected with harmless coronavirus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted March 1, 2020 English Author, biographer and historian Fiona MacCarthy dead at 80 years: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/01/fiona-maccarthy-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted March 1, 2020 American children's book author Jamie Gilson, most well known for her novels Do Bananas Chew Gum?, Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs, and Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub, died at 86 years: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=195401646 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
