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Stephen Rubin, Prominent and Punchy Publisher, Dies at 81
Stephen Rubin, the outspoken and influential publishing executive whose publication of works by such authors as Dan Brown, John Grisham, and Michael Wolff made him a force in the book business over the past 40 years, died on October 13 in Manhattan.
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Louise Glück, Nobel Prize–Winning Poet, Dies at 80
The celebrated American poet and winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature died on October 13 at her home in Cambridge, Mass.
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Obituary: Janet Taylor Lisle
Acclaimed children's author Janet Taylor Lisle, lauded for her novels featuring complex characters in stories blending everyday life with elements of mystery and magic, died on October 5 in Boston. She was 76.
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Obituary: Eve Bunting
Award-winning, versatile, and prolific children's author Eve Bunting died on October 1 in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 94.
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Obituary: Ed Young
Caldecott Medalist Ed Young, best known for his reinterpretations of folktales and legends from his native China, died September 29. He was 91.
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Obituary: Echo Brown
Author and performer Echo Brown, widely praised for her genre-fluid YA novels that blend memoir and magical realism, died September 16 from renal failure. She was 39.
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Neal Sofman, Longtime Bookstore Owner, Dies at 75
The co-owner of San Francisco's Bookshop West Portal and founder of onetime Bay Area bookselling staple A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, died on September 6.
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Robert E. Abrams, Abbeville Press Cofounder, Dies at 80
The eminent art book publisher and longtime president of the publishing house he founded with his father, Harry N. Abrams, died on August 28 at his home in North Salem, N.Y.
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Longtime Publishing Professional L.D. Clepper Dies at 85
In his long career in book sales and marketing, Clepper worked at Macmillan, Harper & Row, Houghton Mifflin, and Oxford University Press.
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Christopher Carduff, 'Wall Street Journal' Books Editor, Dies at 66
Carduff, who was named books editor at the 'Wall Street Journal' in 2017, was also a contributing editor for the Library of America Series and the publishing consultant to John Updike's literary trust. He died on August 14.
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Bloomsbury USA President Adrienne Vaughan Dies at 45
Adrienne Vaughan, who was vacationing in Italy with her husband and two children, was fatally injured in a boating accident off the Amalfi Coast.
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2023 In Memoriam: Children’s Book Creators and Publishers Remembered
See our tributes to children’s authors, illustrators, and publishers we have lost this year.
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Peter Beren, West Coast Publishing Fixture, Dies at 75
After starting his career with San Francisco's And/Or Books, Beren rose to become publisher of Sierra Club Books and, following stints with Via Books and Palace Press, started his own consulting and literary agency.
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Milan Kundera, Acclaimed Czech Novelist, Dies at 94
The Czech-born writer, who spent his most creatively productive years in exile in France, was known for his light, philosophical touch and acerbic views of men and women, most notably depicted in 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.'
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Obituary: Mary Ann Hoberman
Award-winning children's author and poet Mary Ann Hoberman died July 7 following a long illness; she was 92.
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Obituary: Byron Barton
Author-illustrator Byron Barton, known for his many picture books for very young children, died June 3 following a long illness; he was 92.
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Cormac McCarthy, Whose Sentences and Cynicism Reshaped American Letters, Dies at 89
A major author of the American South and Southwest, McCarthy's inimitable literary style and uniquely bleak outlook on human nature combined to ensure his status as a behemoth of contemporary American literature.
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Publishing Titan Dick Snyder Dies at 90
Richard “Dick” Snyder, who built Simon & Schuster into the biggest publisher of its day over the course of a long and tempestuous career, died on June 6 at his home in Los Angeles.
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Nigel J. Yorwerth, Known for Eponymous Publishing Consultancy and Literary Agency, Dies at 72
Yorwerth, who founded Yorthwerth Associates in 2003, is remembered for his advocacy for authors in the self-help and spiritual categories and as a fixture of the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs.
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Publisher and Author Elizabeth Sherrill Dead at 95
Sherrill was a cofounder of Chosen Books and co-author of bestsellers such as 'The Hiding Place' with Corrie ten Bloom, who hid Jews during the Holocaust.
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