Newbery Award Winning Author Paula Fox Dies: Paula Fox died at age 93 on March 1, 2017 in Brooklyn. She wrote many books for adults, including Desperate Characters (1970) and her memoir Borrowed Finery (2001). [continue reading]
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Author/Illustrator Paul Goble Dies
Caldecott Medalist Paul Goble Dies: Paul Goble, best-known for his picture books and illustrated folklore on Native American culture, died on January 5, 2017 at age 83 from Parkinson’s disease. Originally from England, Goble lived [continue reading]
Author Nat Hentoff Dies
Nat Hentoff Dies: Nat Hentoff, jazz expert, journalist, and author, has died at age 91. He wrote for the Village Voice for 50 years, as well as many other publications. He also wrote several novels [continue reading]
Author Marilyn Sachs Dies
Author Marilyn Sachs Dies at Age 89: Marilyn Sachs, author of 40 books for children and teens, died at age 89 on Dec. 31, 2016. Sachs was formerly a librarian for the San Francisco Public [continue reading]
Illustrator Yumi Heo Dies
Author/Illustrator Yumi Heo Dies: With over 30 books to her credit author/illustrator Yumi Heo has died from cancer at age 52. Originally from Korea, Heo moved to New York City in 1989 to earn her [continue reading]
Author Natalie Babbitt Dies
Author Natalie Babbitt Dies: Natalie Babbitt died on Oct. 31, 2016 at age 84 from lung cancer. Her many notable novels for children include Tuck Everlasting, originally published in 1975 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [continue reading]
Author/Illustrator Anna Dewdney Dies at age 50
Author/Illustrator Anna Dewdney Dies at Age 50: Anna Dewdney, best known for the picture book series that began with Llama Llama Red Pajama (Viking, 2005), died at age 50 from brain cancer. She began her [continue reading]
Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies at age 78
Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies: Bay Area author Joyce Carol Thomas has died at age 78. Her books often focused on the struggles of African-American youth, including Marked By Fire, which won the National Book [continue reading]