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Diane di Prima, 86 (1934 - 2020)
Diane di Prima was a poet of the Beat Generation, one of the last surviving members of that famed group of poets. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Bette Greene, 86 (1934 - 2020)
Bette Greene was an author of children's and young adult books including the 1973 National Book Award finalist "Summer of My German Soldier."For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Sam McBratney, 77 (1943 - 2020)
Sam McBratney was an Irish author of books for children and adults, best known for the children's bestseller "Guess How Much I Love You." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Stanley Crouch, 74 (1945 - 2020)
Stanley Crouch was an author and cultural critic known for his jazz criticism as well as for his biography of Charlie Parker. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Florence Howe (2020)
Florence Howe was a pioneer of women's studies who was the founder of the Feminist Press. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Shanna Hogan, 37 (1982 - 2020)
Shanna Hogan was a New York Times bestselling author of true crime books including "Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Ruth Weiss (2020)
Ruth Weiss was a pioneering female poet of the Beat Generation and one of the first people to perform jazz poetry. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Joanna Cole, 75 (1944 - 2020)
Joanna Cole was a children's author best known for her "The Magic School Bus" series. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Rudolfo Anaya (2020)
Rudolfo Anaya was called the "godfather" of Chicano literature. He was best known for his novel, "Bless Me, Ultima." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Charles Webb (2020)
Charles Webb was best known for his debut novel "The Graduate," which was adapted famously into a film starring Dustin Hoffman. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Donna Kauffman, 60 (1960 - 2020)
Donna Kauffman was a bestselling romance novelist whose books include "Blue Hollow Falls," "Sugar Rush," and "Pelican Point." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Tomie dePaola, 85 (1934 - 2020)
Tomie dePaola was a children's book author and illustrator whose hundreds of books included the Caldecott Honor-winning "Strega Nona." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Clive Cussler, 88 (2020)
Clive Cussler was a best-selling adventure author known for his Dirk Pitt novels. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Mary Higgins Clark, 92 (1927 - 2020)
Mary Higgins Clark was the prolific and best-selling "Queen of Suspense." Her dozens of suspense novels include "A Stranger Is Watching," "While My Pretty One Sleeps," and "Loves Music, Loves to...
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Elizabeth Wurtzel, 52 (1967 - 2020)
Elizabeth Wurtzel was the author of the bestselling 1994 memoir "Prozac Nation," which detailed her long-running battle with depression, beginning when she was a child. For full obituary and coverage...
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Ernest Gaines, 86 (2019)
Ernest Gaines was the celebrated author of "A Lesson Before Dying" and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Johanna Lindsey, 67 (1952 - 2019)
Johanna Lindsey was the bestselling author of more than 50 romance novels. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Graeme Gibson, 85 (1934 - 2019)
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian author and conservationist who was the longtime partner of author Margaret Atwood. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Anne Rivers Siddons, 83 (1936 - 2019)
Anne Rivers Siddons was the bestselling author of novels including 1988's "Peachtree Road," the Atlanta-based story that Pat Conroy called "the Southern novel for our generation." For full obituary...
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Toni Morrison, 88 (1931 - 2019)
Toni Morrison was the Nobel Prize-winning author of best-selling novels including "Beloved," "Song of Solomon," and "The Bluest Eye." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Judith Krantz, 91 (1928 - 2019)
Judith Krantz was a bestselling romance novelist whose wildly popular books sent their heroines on opulent shopping sprees between sessions of steamy sex.
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Maureen Beebe (2019)
Maureen Beebe Hursh was one of the inspirations for the classic children's novel "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Herman Wouk, 103 (1915 - 2019)
Herman Wouk, who wrote the classic novel, "The Caine Mutiny," died at the age of 103, only 10 days before his 104th birthday. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Vonda McIntyre, 70 (1948 - 2019)
Vonda McIntyre was an award-winning science-fiction author most widely known for her Star Trek novels, including novelizations of the movies "The Wrath of Khan," "The Search for Spock" and "The...
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W.S. Merwin, 91 (1927 - 2019)
W.S. Merwin was one of America's best known poets, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award. He served as United States poet laureate from 2010 – 2011. For full obituary and coverage...
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Betty Ballantine, 99 (1919 - 2019)
Betty Ballantine and her husband Ian helped invent the modern paperback through their Bantam and Ballantine books. Paperbacks in America were not popular until the Ballantines improved the quality of...
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Heidi Toffler, 89 (2019)
Heidi Toffler played an integral part in the creation of pioneering futurist books with her husband, Alvin. The researcher and editor worked with Alvin on the pioneering "Future Shock," and the books...
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Mary Oliver, 83 (1935 - 2019)
Mary Oliver (1935 – 2019) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet beloved for her poems about nature and animal life. She died at the age of 83. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Todd Bol, 62 (2018)
Todd Bol is the founder of the non-profit Little Free Libraries which now has free libraries on lawns in 88 countries. Bol built the first little library in 2009 in the shape of a schoolhouse to...
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Harlan Ellison, 84 (1934 - 2018)
Harlan Ellison died at home Thursday, June 28, at the age of 84, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
