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Chef, author, television presenter and mystery writer Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room in Paris on Friday morning after taking his own life. He would have been 62 later this month. CNN confirmed the loss this morning: It is…
Influential author Philip Roth (Portnoy’s Complaint, The Great American Novel) died Tuesday night at a Manhattan hospital of congestive heart failure. He was 85. Though his work and his persona were often controversial, Roth numbered among America’s best known novelists, and his…
Author and journalist Tom Wolfe has died at age 88. Best known as the author of books including Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full and The Right Stuff, his agent confirmed to the New York Times that Wolfe had died…
Acclaimed poet and literary critic J.D. “Sandy” McClatchy died Tuesday night at home in Manhattan after a long battle with cancer. He was 72. McClatchy was the author of eight volumes of poetry, including Hazmat, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer…
Bestselling author and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died earlier today at home in Cambridge, England. He was 76. From Deadline Hollywood: Hawking became a celebrity thanks to his A Brief History of Time best-seller and his striking struggle against the ravages of…
So sad to lose two crime fiction notables last week: Australian novelist Peter Temple, who died Thursday at age 71; and American mystery and science-fiction writer Kate Wilhelm, who expired on that very same day at age 89. The Rap Sheet reports…
Lucie Brock-Broido the award-winning author of four acclaimed volumes of poetry including A Hunger (1988) and Stay, Illusion (2013) died on Tuesday at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 61. Brock-Broido was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment…
On February 12th, the mystery community lost a solid and beloved writer and cat lover in Bill Crider, author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series and friend to many. In The Rap Sheet, J. Kingston Pierce delivers a moving eulogy for an…
Award-winning Canadian author Nancy Richler (The Imposter Bride, Your Mouth is Lovely) has died from complications due to cancer. She was 60. The Montreal-born author’s three books were all highly acclaimed and the writer herself was highly regarded by friends and fans….
The author Peter Mayle has died. Mayle was best known for his affectionate looks at the South of France. As he said on his web site, “A Year In Provence was published in 1990, with a first printing — considered more than…