Authors Last A Long Time, But....

[Grande Pablo 109]

US author Evan S Connell

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/acclaimed-writer-evan-connell-died-88-18183705

[Phantom 2,533]

Robert Kee has died at the age of 93

[Guest Guest]

Broadcaster Robert Key has died at 93.He helped launch TVAM in 1983 http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-20988079

Edited January 11, 2013 by Magere Hein
Post moved from topic "The dead of 2013"

[msc 18,476]

Robert Kee has died at the age of 93

 

His Ireland series for the BBC was alright.

 

Oh, and Falk mention within 5 posts...

[Estuarian Float 97]

Author Joe McGinniss has terminal prostate cancer. His works include 'The Selling of the President 1968', 'Fatal Vision', and most recently 'The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin'.

[JR976evil 906]

Robert Kee has died at the age of 93

 

His Ireland series for the BBC was alright.

 

Oh, and Falk mention within 5 posts...

 

Apparently Peter Falk has some sort of..........serious condition.......what's it called again...........bollocks I'm late for school!!!

 

Sorry just thought I'd oblige

[Grande Pablo 109]

French writer Stephane Hessel

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21610487

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

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.

 

Pauline Clarke (b.1921) Won in 1962

Sheena Porter (b.1935)

Alan Garner (b.1934)

Rosemary Harris (b.1923)

K.M Peyton (b.1929)

Richard Adams (b.1920)

Penelope Lively (b.1933)

Gene Kemp (b.1926)

Peter Dickinson (b.1927)

Kevin Crossley-Holland (b.1941)

Berlie Doherty (b.1943)

Susan Price (b.1955)

Geraldine McCraughrean (b.1951)

Anne Fine (b.1947)

Gillian Cross (b.1945)

Robert Swindells (b.1939)

Theresa Breslin (??)

Philip Pullman (b.1946)

Melvin Burgess (b.1954)

Tim Bowler (b.1953)

David Almond (b.1951)

Aidan Chambers (b.1934) Won in 1999

 

I have only added those winner before 2000 but one post 2000 winner Siobhan Dowd was already dead when she won.

[msc 18,476]

Goodness, Penelope Lively's still going? Just about everyone I know covered The Ghost of Thomas Kempe at school.

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

I remember having to read Gene Kemp's The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler which must be just after it won the award.

[Red Flag 84]

Yeah, read both Tyke Tyler and Thomas Kempe in school. It got me thinking about the other books I did in school, and discovered that Lynne Reid Banks, who wrote The Indian in the Cupboard (and resulting sequels), the first book I read at secondary school, is still around at 83

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

Yeah, read both Tyke Tyler and Thomas Kempe in school. It got me thinking about the other books I did in school, and discovered that Lynne Reid Banks, who wrote The Indian in the Cupboard (and resulting sequels), the first book I read at secondary school, is still around at 83

 

Good call RF

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I'm sure you'll all be saddened to hear that Campbell Armstrong is dead http://www.mbalit.co...ell-armstrong-0

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

The discussion above about books that were read at school reminded me of a book I used to own (I may still but it is proabably buried in my loft) called Touch and Go by Josephine Poole. It was adapted from a BBC TV series which has Aubrey Morris in it. I can't find any information on Josephine Poole as to whether she is still alive or not.

 

In a similer vein I can't find a birthdate for P J Hammond of Sapphire and Steel fame.

 

Any help?

[msc 18,476]

Hmm, you're right, Wiki is minus Hammonds DOB, though I seem to recall reading years back it was 1929 or there abouts.

 

If Poole is the Random House writer, they seem to think she is still with us.

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

Hmm, you're right, Wiki is minus Hammonds DOB, though I seem to recall reading years back it was 1929 or there abouts.

 

If Poole is the Random House writer, they seem to think she is still with us.

 

I think that is the same writer but I suspect that if wiki can't even get a DOB for her, chances are obit will not be forthcoming.

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

Susan Spencer-Wendel: bucket list best-seller, apparently fixing to check-out soon.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/16/motor-neurone-disease-goodbye-dying

 

Tbh, I was surprised The Guardian gave this so much prominence. By the sounds of things I've posted it correctly here, 2014 possibliities might have been a bit ambitious.

[Spade_Cooley 9,535]

James Herbert has died. He was only 69, which makes you wonder how young he must have been when he wrote All Creatures Great and Small.

[time 8,617]

James Herbert has died. He was only 69, which makes you wonder how young he must have been when he wrote All Creatures Great and Small.

 

There's a surprise, as he was doing a personal appearance at Waterstone's only a week ago.

[Going Underground 74]

Like most of us who post on here we are pretty heartless bastards at times, but I am genuinely saddened at the James Herbert news.

 

I absolutely love his books and when I made the move from childrens books to Adult fiction many years ago (via Razzle and Rustler) 'The Fog' and 'The Rats' were the first books I read. I still occasionally pick up both of these and read them from time to time.

 

Only finished reading 'The Magic Cottage' quite recentley.

 

This is seriously a wake up call as to how old i am now becoming

[msc 18,476]

James Herbert has died. He was only 69, which makes you wonder how young he must have been when he wrote All Creatures Great and Small.

 

Just mentioning I appreciated the joke, in case someone wanders in and thinks I was a right heartless bastard liking this part.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Like most of us who post on here we are pretty heartless bastards at times, but I am genuinely saddened at the James Herbert news.

 

I absolutely love his books and when I made the move from childrens books to Adult fiction many years ago (via Razzle and Rustler) 'The Fog' and 'The Rats' were the first books I read. I still occasionally pick up both of these and read them from time to time.

 

Only finished reading 'The Magic Cottage' quite recentley.

 

This is seriously a wake up call as to how old i am now becoming

 

Going Underground, you've been around for years, When are you going to get an avatar?

 

As for Herbert, RIP and all that, but I thought the few works of his which I trudged through in my youth were truly execrable. 'The Fog' stands out as a particularly poor example of horror writing, livened only by the hilariously gratuitous lesbian scene.

[JR976evil 906]

Like most of us who post on here we are pretty heartless bastards at times, but I am genuinely saddened at the James Herbert news.

 

I absolutely love his books and when I made the move from childrens books to Adult fiction many years ago (via Razzle and Rustler) 'The Fog' and 'The Rats' were the first books I read. I still occasionally pick up both of these and read them from time to time.

 

Only finished reading 'The Magic Cottage' quite recentley.

 

This is seriously a wake up call as to how old i am now becoming

 

Rustler - is that a porn mag for paper fetishists?

[Going Underground 74]

_{Like most of us who post on here we are pretty heartless bastards at times, but I am genuinely saddened at the James Herbert news.}

 

_{I absolutely love his books and when I made the move from childrens books to Adult fiction many years ago (via Razzle and Rustler) 'The Fog' and 'The Rats' were the first books I read. I still occasionally pick up both of these and read them from time to time.}

 

_{Only finished reading 'The Magic Cottage' quite recentley.}

 

_{This is seriously a wake up call as to how old i am now becoming}

 

_{Going Underground, you've been around for years, When are you going to get an avatar?}

 

_{As for Herbert, RIP and all that, but I thought the few works of his which I trudged through in my youth were truly execrable. 'The Fog' stands out as a particularly poor example of horror writing, livened only by the hilariously gratuitous lesbian scene.}

 

_{Ok DDT, i now have an Avatar, and this particular guy is on my list for next year. Fancy a guess at who he is? (no cheating and using an internet picture identifier thingy.)}

 

_{Gotta disagree about Herbert. As a 14, 15 yr old I was hooked on his books. Lying in bed late at night ,cozy, reading his books by lamp light brings back some really good memories of a carefee youthful time. To be honest, I love that British Urban horror writing genre. I also got into Shaun Hutson's books a few years later. Good Liverpool Fan is Shaun Hutson and regularly at Anfield like myself.}

 

_{I am reasonably well read but no academic by any means as you can probably tell. I guess i just like Pulp Fiction.}

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

Like most of us who post on here we are pretty heartless bastards at times, but I am genuinely saddened at the James Herbert news.

 

I absolutely love his books and when I made the move from childrens books to Adult fiction many years ago (via Razzle and Rustler) 'The Fog' and 'The Rats' were the first books I read. I still occasionally pick up both of these and read them from time to time.

 

Only finished reading 'The Magic Cottage' quite recentley.

 

This is seriously a wake up call as to how old i am now becoming

 

Going Underground, you've been around for years, When are you going to get an avatar?

 

As for Herbert, RIP and all that, but I thought the few works of his which I trudged through in my youth were truly execrable. 'The Fog' stands out as a particularly poor example of horror writing, livened only by the hilariously gratuitous lesbian scene.

 

I read this as a thirteen year old and still remember the bit about the Vicar pissing over his congregation. Can't remember much about the rest of it though.