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Obituary: James Cross Giblin
Publisher, editor, and award-winning children's book author James Cross Giblin died on Sunday, April 10, following a long illness. He was 82.
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Obituary: Glenn Ellis, 70
The former v-p and director of adult field sales at Random House died in hospice care on April 11.
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Bookseller Gary Schulze Dies One Week After Selling Store
The recent co-owner of Minneapolis's Once Upon a Crime Bookstore, which is a fixture in the Twin Cities' literary community, died on Wednesday afternoon of leukemia. He was 66.
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Ellen Seligman, Publisher of McClelland & Stewart, Dies
Ellen Seligman, who worked for Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart for four decades and edited Margaret Atwood's books, died on Friday.
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Obituary: Beloved North Carolina Bookseller Nancy Olson
The founder of Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C., who helped launch North Carolina's literary revival, died yesterday. She was 75 years old.
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Pat Conroy Dies at Age 70
Conroy, the author of 'The Prince of Tides' and 'The Great Santini,' died of pancreatic cancer at his South Carolina home.
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Obituary: Louise Rennison
British author and comedian Louise Rennison, whose books about teenager Georgia Nicolson were bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic, died on February 29; she was 64.
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Remembering Harper Lee
For Richard Jackson, owner of Square Books in Oxford, Miss., 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is unquestionably one of the most “beloved stories in all of American culture.”
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Harper Lee Dies at 89
Citing confirmation from multiple sources, numerous media outlets have reported that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee has died at age 89.
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Obituary: Kathleen Bursley
An intellectual property lawyer and former general counsel at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Bursley died on January 30. She was 61.
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Obituary: Hillel Black, 86
Hillel Black, former publisher of Macmillan and editor-in-chief at William Morrow, died February 8 at the age of 86.
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Obituary: Andrew Pate
Andrew Pate, who worked as an executive at several technology and print-on-demand companies, died November 10. He was 58.
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Authors Guild's Paul Aiken Dead at Age 56
Paul Aiken, the former long-time executive director of the Authors Guild, died Friday January 29, one day shy of his 57th birthday.
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Obituary: Skip Skwarek
Skip Skwarek, whose long tenure at Dial Books for Young Readers included roles as managing editor and associate publisher, died of pneumonia on January 15. He was 70.
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Kristin Keith, Norton Sales Rep, Dies at 45
Kristin Keith, the Mid-Atlantic sales representative for W. W. Norton & Company, died at her home on January 4 of complications stemming from myelofibrosis.
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Obituary: Andrea Cheng
Children's book author and educator Andrea Cheng, whose books often focused on intercultural and intergenerational relationships, died on December 26 following a long illness. She was 58.
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Obituary: Arthur Thornhill, Jr.
Former CEO of Little, Brown and Company, Arthur H. Thornhill, Jr., died on December 17. He was 91.
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Obituary: Mark Dressler
An industry consultant who created educational programming for both Book Expo America and the Frankfurt Book Fair, Dressler died on December 23, after a battle with cancer. He was 55.
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Obituary: Charles F. Harris
The founder of Amistad Press, and a pioneering African American book publishing executive, died December 16 in New York City. He was 81.
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Obituary: Peter Dickinson
British author and poet Peter Dickinson, who won back-to-back Carnegie Medals in the U.K., died on December 16, his 88th birthday.
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