gcreptile 10,202 Posted August 4, 2021 J.W. Rinzler, prolific author of "Making of" books on Star Wars, Alien/s, or The Shining dead of pancreatic cancer at 58: https://deadline.com/2021/08/j-w-rinzler-dead-author-of-star-wars-indiana-jones-books-was-58-1234809101/ Apparently, it had been announced, but we didn't pick it up. Here it is: https://www.jedinews.com/film-music-tv/articles/j-w-rinzler-health-update/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,594 Posted August 10, 2021 American children's author Eloise Greenfield, best known for presenting a realistic and positive view of modern African-American communities, died at 91 years: https://www.teachingforchange.org/eloise-greenfield She won the Coretta Scott King Award for her 1976 novel, Africa Dream. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,594 Posted August 11, 2021 American author of religious novels and children's books Walter Wangerin Jr. died at 77 years: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/august-web-only/walter-wangerin-jr-philip-yancey-tribute-storyteller.html He was known for "The Book of the Dun Cow" that won a U.S. National Book Award. His other works include Mary's First Christmas and The Manger is Empty. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,911 Posted August 20, 2021 On 16/04/2013 at 13:51, Bibliogryphon said: A couple more kids authors who may be worth keeping an eye on David McKee (b.1935) who is responsible for Mr Benn, King Rollo and Elmer the Patchwork elephant and Jill Murphy (b.1949) who created The Worst Witch series of books which are about the antics of a girl who goes to a special boarding school for the magically inclined an gets involved in all sorts of adventures. These were written well before the adventures of a certain boy wizard and are a lot more fun a responsible for the destruction of less trees - I presume she doesn't have very good lawyers or belives in live and let live. She also won awards for her Large family picture books and The Last Noo-Noo. Jill Murphy reported dead. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15921551/jill-murphy-dead-author-worst-witch/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121448/ 3 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 3,381 Posted August 20, 2021 23 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Jill Murphy reported dead. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15921551/jill-murphy-dead-author-worst-witch/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121448/ Really sad about this. The Worst Witch books were big favourites growing up, and I loved books like 5 Minutes Peace when I was little. RIP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,708 Posted August 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Really sad about this. The Worst Witch books were big favourites growing up, and I loved books like 5 Minutes Peace when I was little. RIP. Was going to say she was one of the greats for kids of the 80s/90s but apparently Worst Witch came out in 1974! I didn't realise it was as old as that. But yeah, one of the giants of modern age kids writers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 3,381 Posted August 20, 2021 31 minutes ago, msc said: Was going to say she was one of the greats for kids of the 80s/90s but apparently Worst Witch came out in 1974! I didn't realise it was as old as that. But yeah, one of the giants of modern age kids writers. According to the Beeb article, she wrote the Worst Witch when she was 18! Incredible talent. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel-San 68 Posted August 21, 2021 American author, book reviewer, reporter and short story writer Donald Newlove dies at 93: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/87183-obituary-donald-newlove.html His first novel, "The Painter Gabriel", was hailed by Time Magazine as "one of the best fictional studies of madness, descent and purification that any American has written since Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,594 Posted August 24, 2021 American Author and journalist Tom Flynn, notable for heading the Council for Secular Humanism and for editing the organization's Free Inquiry publication, died at 66 years: https://centerforinquiry.org/news/tom-flynn-giant-of-american-freethought-has-died-at-age-66/ Flynn is also known for his contributions to the Free Thinking blog and to The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. His full-length works include The Trouble with Christmas and the satirical science fiction novel Galactic Rapture. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,112 Posted August 30, 2021 https://www.scriling.com/writer-anand-dev-bhatt-passes-away/ Progressive writer and politician Anand Dev Bhatt has died, likely from Alzheimer's disease complications. He was 85. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted September 1, 2021 On 24/06/2018 at 11:27, msc said: Cathy MacPhail, one of those names whose books are always to be found in a local library, in a dire condition after severe stroke, apparently. Catherine MacPhail dead at 75. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,201 Posted September 22, 2021 According to twitter and Wikipedia Swedish childrens author Ulf Nilsson has died aged 73. He was behind stories such as Goodbye Mr Muffin. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 294 Posted October 3, 2021 Robert Munsch: who previously battled alcoholism and a cocaine addiction (and suffered a stroke in 2008)... just gave an interview with CBC in which he indicates that he’s also suffering from dementia. “the stories will be the last thing to go” not sure how famous he is outside of canada, but could be a future DL contender 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,594 Posted October 13, 2021 Gary Paulsen, author of over 400 wilderness-themed short stories, books, plays, and magazine articles intended for teens and young adults, died at 82 years: https://comicbook.com/irl/news/gary-paulsen-writer-of-ya-hatchet-novels-dies-at-82/ His best known works include Hatchet, Dogsong, Woodsong, The Voyage of the Frog, and Masters of Disaster. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,088 Posted October 21, 2021 Jerry Pinkney, a celebrated and award-winning children's book illustrator, has died. He was 81. Pinkney had a long list of credits & accolades and was honoured with a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Illustrators. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047786312/jerry-pinkney-illustrator-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,088 Posted October 21, 2021 Floyd Salas, an American fiction writer who was also a boxing coach and social activist, has died. He was 90. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/10/20/floyd-salas-obituary 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,202 Posted October 25, 2021 Alan Garner has written another "final" novel: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/25/alan-garner-brilliant-idea-novel-treacle-walker He also reveals how he came close to death three times - as a child. He even has a "tickling" for another great idea for a book. Doesn't sound that final yet. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,783 Posted October 25, 2021 38 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Alan Garner has written another "final" novel: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/25/alan-garner-brilliant-idea-novel-treacle-walker He also reveals how he came close to death three times - as a child. He even has a "tickling" for another great idea for a book. Doesn't sound that final yet. I read some of his books as a child. They should have been the sort of thing I liked, but I didn't really understand them and probably read them too young. I do remember being freaked out by "The Owl Service". Years later I inherited a set of Royal Doulton plates with a design that reminded me of it. I couldn't get rid of them fast enough. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 9,981 Posted November 4, 2021 Currently ploughing through Camelot and the Vision of Albion by Geoffrey Ashe (1971). Which set me off Googling a few items. One thing I didn't expect to find is that the veteran and highly obitable author himself is still around, 98 years old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,596 Posted November 4, 2021 The Booker Prize was awarded yesterday and so I realised my list has not been updated since 2018 but the past winners are showing remarkable staying power Surviving Booker Prize Winners Salman Rushdie (1947) Thomas Keneally (1935) J M Coetzee (1940) Keri Hume (1947) Penelope Lively (1933) Peter Carey (1943) Kazuo Ishiguro (1954) A S Byatt (1936) Ben Okri (1959) Michael Ondaatje (1943) Roddy Doyle (1958) James Kelman (1946) Pat Barker (1943) Graham Swift (1949) Arundhati Roy (1961) Ian McEwan (1948) Margaret Atwood (1939) Yann Martel (1963) DBC Pierre (1961) Alan Hollinghurst (1954) John Banville (1945) Kiran Desai (1971) Anne Enright (1962) Aravind Adiga (1974) Hilary Mantel (1952) Howard Jacobson (1942) Julian Barnes (1946) Eleanor Catton (1985) Richard Flanagan (1961) Marlon James (1970) Paul Beatty (1962) George Saunders (1958) Anna Burns (1962) Bernadine Evaristo (1959) Douglas Stuart (1976) Damon Galgut (1963) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,202 Posted November 4, 2021 I once "broke the news" on this forum that Thomas Keneally had been diagnosed with kidney cancer. However, this article now says that it was oesophageal cancer, and Keneally survived after a couple of surgeries, now seemingly in the clear: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7482966/keneally-at-his-fluent-ranting-best/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,288 Posted November 7, 2021 D.I.M Wallace, 88; author, artist and a leading figure in British birdwatching. (Wiki page) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,708 Posted November 8, 2021 On 25/09/2020 at 23:54, gcreptile said: UK author Rose Tremain, 77, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-road-home-author-rose-tremain-on-cancer-family-and-her-new-novel-islands-of-mercy-h6252vflf More details are hidden behind a paywall, but she continues writing. Rose Tremain interview in the Telegraph last week, about her cancer issues. Confirms she still wont have chemo as it would stop her work. The interview ends on a cliffhanger for deadpoolers: Quote The oncologist gave her between 2 and 5 years to live. "I've done two. Watch this space!" 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,202 Posted November 8, 2021 30 minutes ago, msc said: Rose Tremain interview in the Telegraph last week, about her cancer issues. Confirms she still wont have chemo as it would stop her work. The interview ends on a cliffhanger for deadpoolers: LOL, some people are actually campaigning for our attention. However, pan can without chemo, still 2-5 years. Maybe it's the neuroendocrine version? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
