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American author and poet Fred Chappell, who was best known for Dagon (1968), a psychological thriller with supernatural elements, died at 87 years:

https://greensboro.com/news/local/fred-chappell-author-poet-greensboro-uncg-i-am-one-of-you-forever-dagon/article_bf134022-abed-11ee-b94d-cfcc3da03787.html

His other works include I Am One of You Forever (1985) and Castle Tzingal (1984).

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Author and critic David J. Skal, 71, died January 1, 2024 in a car accident in Los Angeles CA.

As a critic, Skal was an expert in horror cinema, Dracula, and vampires in general. His non-fiction includes Hugo and Stoker Award finalist Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of “Dracula” from Novel to Stage to Screen (1990).

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Military historian and author Martin Middlebrook reported dead on the Xwitter. 

 

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14 minutes ago, time said:

Military historian and author Martin Middlebrook reported dead on the Xwitter.

 

 

Oh :huh:   I've got some of his books.

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On 06/01/2024 at 22:08, Summer in Transylvania said:

J. H. Brennan, author the gamebook series GrailQuest, among others, dead on TwitMusk.

 

 

Read Visions of Nostrodamus by him ages ago. 

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4 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator, and folklorist, has died. He was 89. Momaday was widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature.

 

https://apnews.com/article/native-writer-scott-momaday-dead-1b6690dfa0bb11eda12f3c219cee77e8

Oh shit, he was a great author and was on my 2023 World deathlist 

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7 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator, and folklorist, has died. He was 89. Momaday was widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature.

 

https://apnews.com/article/native-writer-scott-momaday-dead-1b6690dfa0bb11eda12f3c219cee77e8

And on last year’s DDP. But not this year.

 

List of the missed.

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Christopher Priest, British sci-fi author, has died aged 80. He won the World Fantasy Award for The Prestige, which was later made into a film by Christopher Nolan.

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17 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Christopher Priest, British sci-fi author, has died aged 80. He won the World Fantasy Award for The Prestige, which was later made into a film by Christopher Nolan.

 

Almost wrote a Doctor Who script but couldn't cope with JNT 

 

A unique DDP pick for my theme team

 

Read several of his books when I was a student

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Times death notice for Ivo Mosley (wiki), aged 72.

Potter, poet and writer, and the grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley.

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MOSLEY Ivo Adam Rex died peacefully at home on 31st January 2024, aged 72, after being ill with motor neurone disease and dementia. He is survived by his wife Xanthe; sons Nathaniel, Felix, Scipio and Noah; and adored grandchildren Reuben, Leo, Vita, Ezra and Martha. Potter, writer, poet and a lover of chocolate biscuits to the end. Funeral service to be held at Honor Oak Crematorium at 1.45pm on Thursday 29th February. Donations to Friends of Brookmill Park in lieu of flowers, for anyone who would like to donate contact friends@brookmillpark.com.

 

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Norwegian novelist Johan Galtung, known for works such as Europe in the Making; Peace By Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization, died at 93 years:

https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/johan-galtung-er-dod/80992144

He was also known as sociologist, mathematician, historian, economist, and political scientist and is particularly notable for his work in the field of peace and conflict studies.

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Hooded Swan author Brian Stableford being reported dead on Twitter by Kim Newman

 

 

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American children's books author and artist Leonard Everett Fisher (Wikidead at 99

 

Also, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

 

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