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James Baldwin Estate Administrator Eileen Ahearn Dies at 75
A former assistant to Toni Morrison, Ahearn was the steward of Baldwin’s archives and managed the film rights to his books.
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Obituary: Natalie S. Bober
Natalie S. Bober, best known for her biographies for young readers, died on December 29 at age 92.
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Patricia Holt, 'Chronicle' Book Editor and 'PW' Correspondent, Dies at 78
Patricia Holt, book editor of the 'San Francisco Chronicle' for 17 years and the first western correspondent for 'Publishers Weekly,' died on December 3.
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Denver Bookseller Joyce Meskis Dies at 80
Joyce Meskis, the long-time owner of Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, has died. She was 80 years old. Meskis was known as an innovative indie bookseller and a champion of free speech.
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Obituary: Phyllis Fogelman
Longtime children’s book publisher Phyllis Fogelman died on December 18 at age 89.
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Underground Comix Original, Dies at 74
Pathbreaking underground comix artist and editor Aline Kominsky-Crumb, whose work inspired a generation of women cartoonists, died from pancreatic cancer at home in Sauve, France on November 30. She was 74.
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Henry Morrison, Longtime Literary Agent, Dies at 86
The longtime agent of Samuel R. Delany, Dean Koontz, and Robert Ludlum died November 2. He was 86.
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Linda Chester, Founder of Linda Chester Literary Agency, Dies at 76
Chester founded her eponymous agency in 1989 on the advice of Nelson Doubleday.
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Lucia Bernard, Book Interior Designer at Penguin, Dies at 29
Bernard, a senior designer in the Penguin Black interior design department who worked on books by Lauren Groff, Ruth Ozeki, Ocean Vuong, and others died on November 18.
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John Storey, Founder of Storey Publishing, Dies
John Storey, one of the most respected indie publishers of his era, has died at 79. Storey founded Storey Publishing, now an imprint of Workman, with wife Martha in 1983.
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Obituary: Ellen Wittlinger
Ellen Wittlinger, whose YA novels have been praised for their depiction of memorable and realistic protagonists navigating provocative issues of adolescence, died on November 17 at 74.
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Carmen Callil, Founder of U.K.'s Virago, Dead at 84
Carmen Callil, who started the U.K. publishing house Virago in 1973 as a home for women authors and became an important figure in U.K. publishing, died October 17.
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Obituary: Jill Pinkwater
Author and illustrator Jill Pinkwater, best known for the humorous line drawings she created for many quirky chapter and picture books by her husband Daniel, died peacefully in Rhinebeck, N.Y. on October 4. She was 81.
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Obituary: Marybeth Peters, Former Register of Copyrights
Marybeth Peters, who served as the U.S. Register of Copyrights from 1994 to 2010, died on September 29. She was 83.
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Obituary: Mark LaFramboise, Chief Book Buyer at Politics & Prose
LaFramboise, who served as chief book buyer at the Washington, D.C., independent bookstore for more than a decade, has died at age 60.
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Two-Time Booker Winner Hilary Mantel Dies at 70
Mantel, whose bestselling trilogy on the life of Thomas Cromwell earned her critical acclaim and three bestsellers, died on September 22.
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Joan Didion Remembered at St. John the Divine
On September 21, hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to celebrate the life and work of writer Joan Didion, who died on December 23, 2021, at the age of 87.
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Obituary: Joan Fusco
Joan Fusco, former manager of remainders and overstock at Abrams, died on September 14 following a debilitating stroke. She was 83.
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Diane Noomin, Noted Feminist Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 75
The groundbreaking comics creator, who joined with other women to bring feminist voices and women’s issues to the Underground Comix movement of the early 1970s, died on September 1 at her home in Connecticut.
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Clarence C. Strowbridge, Former Dover President, Dies at 89
Strowbridge joined Dover Publications in 1959, and was named president in 2000. He died on August 5.
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