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Rachel Kranz, Author and Ghostwriter, Dies at 62
Rachel Kranz, author of the novel 'Leaps of Faith' (FSG) and a prolific ghostwriter and co-author, died on Monday.
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Obituary: Top Exec at Three Publishers, Howard Kaminsky, Dead at 77
Howard Kaminsky, a former president and publisher of Warner Books, Random House and William Morrow/Avon, has died. He was 77.
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Obituary: Rebecca Bond
Author-illustrator and designer Rebecca Bond died on August 2 after a brief illness. She was 45 years old.
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Obituary: Jill McElmurry
Acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator Jill McElmurry, best known for her work on the Little Blue Truck picture book series, died on August 3, at the age of 62.
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Founder of Canada's Giller Prize Dies at 87
Jack Rabinovitch, the founder of Canada's richest prize for English-language fiction, the C$100,000 Giller Prize, died on Sunday. He was 87.
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Sonny Mehta Calls Book World Without Judith Jones 'Impossible to Imagine'
The chairman and editor-in-chief of Knopf remembers Jones, the storied editor who reclaimed Anne Frank's diaries from the slush pile and made Julia Child a household name.
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Hector Martinez, Hachette Salesperson, Dies at 56
Hector Martinez, a national accounts manager at Hachette Book Group, died on July 27 of cancer.
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Obituary: Michael Bond
British children’s author Michael Bond, widely known for his books starring Paddington bear, has died at the age of 91.
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Obituary: Peter Mauceri, Former Hachette Salesperson
The former v-p of national accounts at Hachette Book Group and Little, Brown sales liaison, who retired in 2008, died on May 25. He was 65.
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Obituary: Superagent Ed Victor Dies at 78
The Bronx-born and London-based literary agent, whose clients included a who's-who of bold-faced names from Eric Clapton to David Cameron, was known for bringing a touch of Hollywood flare to the business of author representation. He died of a heart attack on Wednesday night.
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Obituary: Geoffrey Hayes
Children’s author and illustrator Geoffrey Hayes died on June 2, at the age of 69.
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Avie Bennett, Canadian Publisher, Dies
The Toronto entrepreneur, and former owner of McClelland & Stewart, died on June 2. He was 89.
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Carla Gray, Longtime HMH Marketing Lead, Dies at 52
The executive director of marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who spent 20 years with the company, died earlier this week.
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Denis Johnson, 'Writer's Writer's Writer,' Dead at 67
The award-winning fiction writer, poet, and playwright, whose best-known and most influential work, the story collection 'Jesus' Son,' turned 25 this year, has died.
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Robert M. Pirsig, Author of 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,' Dies at 88
The philosopher and author, who found fame with his 1974 bestseller 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,' died at his home in Maine on April 24.
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Michael Levy, Longtime 'PW' Reviewer, Dies at 66
Michael M. Levy, a scholar of science fiction and longtime 'Publishers Weekly' reviewer, died of cancer on April 3. He was 66.
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Robert Silvers, 'NYRB' Co-Founder and Editor, Dies at 87
Robert B. Silvers, the co-founder of the New York Review of Books and its editor since 1963, died on the morning of March 20.
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Obituary: George Braziller Dies at 101
George Braziller, a legendary independent publisher who began his career in the 1930s before going on to publish such international literary stars as Jean-Paul Sartre and Andre Malraux, died in Manhattan March 16. He was 101.
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Obituary: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of many children's books and a recent essay in the 'New York Times' that went viral, has died of ovarian cancer at age 51.
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Obituary: Dick Bruna
Dutch children’s author-illustrator Dick Bruna, widely known for his iconic bunny character Miffy, died on February 16 at age 89. In all he created 124 books for children.