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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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Roy Finamore, James Beard Award–Winning Author and Editor, Dies at 70
A notable author and editor of lifestyle and cookbooks, Finamore died on May 6 after a brief illness.
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Hugh Revell Barbour, Innovative Christian Publisher, Dies at 93
Hugh Revell Barbour, a pioneer in Christian publishing as the head of the Fleming H. Revell Company and as a cofounder of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, died on May 5.
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Obituary: Christine Baker
Esteemed children's book editor Christine Baker, a key figure in both English- and French-language children's publishing, died April 20 after a short illness. She was 71.
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Obituary: Niels Aaboe, 65
Niels Aaboe, most recently an editor at Rowman & Littlefield as well as its Lyons Press imprint, died on April 17.
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Michael Denneny, Editor of 'And the Band Played On,' Dead at 80
A champion of LGBTQ stories as both editor and author, Denneny died on April 12.
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Rick Wolff, Highly Regarded Business Book Editor, Dead at 71
Rick Wolff, who published dozens of bestselling books as a business editor for Warner Books, Hachette Book Group, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, died April 10.
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Legendary 'Booklist' Publisher Bill Ott Dies
Bill Ott, who served as publisher of the ALA review publication 'Booklist' for 30 years, died earlier this month after a brief illness.
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Obituary: Julie Anne Peters
Award-winning author Julie Anne Peters, best known for her groundbreaking YA novels featuring complex LGBTQ+ characters navigating relationships and exploring issues of identity, died on March 21 following a long illness; she was 71.