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Obituary: Darlene Delillo
Darlene Delillo, global program manager at Simon & Schusters' Atria Books imprint, died October 25. She was 65.
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Obituary: British Agent Carole Blake
The U.K. Blake Friedmann agency has announced that Carole Blake, co-founder of the agency with her former husband Julian Friedmann, has died.
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Obituary: Art Sesselberg, S&S Sales Manager
Art Sesselberg, a special markets national accounts manager at Simon & Schuster, died on October 8 due to complications from pneumonia. He was 53.
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Obituary: Barbara Seuling
Children's book author and illustrator Barbara Seuling, a former editor also known for teaching about writing for young people, died September 12 in Lebanon, N.H. of complications from cancer. She was 79.
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Obituary: Cecile Engel
Cecile Engel, the co-founder and publisher of Delphinium Books and honorary board member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, died on September 6. She was 80.
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Obituary: Anna Dewdney
The children's author-illustrator, whose Llama Llama picture books are million-copy bestsellers, died on September 3 from brain cancer. She was 50.
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Obituary: Brian Wildsmith
British children's author and illustrator Brian Wildsmith, praised for his creative range of style and subject, died on August 31 in Grasse, France. He was 86.
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Obituary: Nick Setka
Long-time Bay Area bookseller Nick Setka, past president of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, died on August 26. The cause was cancer.
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Obituary: Jack Lamplough
Jack Lamplough, who served as director in the marketing and publicity departments at Tower Books, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and Quirk Books, and Overlook Press, has died. He was 59.
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Obituary: Morton Schindel
Morton Schindel, founder of the Weston Woods Studios, a company lauded for its quality audiovisual adaptations of award-winning children’s books, died on August 20. He was 98.
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Obituary: Joyce Carol Thomas
Award-winning author, poet, and playwright Joyce Carol Thomas, whose works largely focused on family and the African-American experience, died on August 13. She was 79.
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Obituary: Veronica Randall, Ten Speed Press Editor
Randall, who retired from Ten Speed in 2009 after 19 years with the company, died on August 12. She was 61.
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Obituary: Bob Hugo, Spirit of '76 Bookstore Founder
Hugo, founder of four Massachusetts bookstores under the HugoBooks umbrella, died on July 27 of heart complications. He was 72.
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Obituary: James L. Mairs, Longtime Norton Editor
James L. Mairs, an editor at W. W. Norton & Company since August 1963, died of heart failure on July 26. He was 77.
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Obituary: Former Wiley CEO, Steve Smith
Smith, the former president and CEO of John Wiley and Sons, died on July 10 following a long illness. He was 61.
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Author, Executive Martin Levin Dies at Age 97
Martin Levin, whose many industry roles included publishing executive, mergers and acquisitions guru, and author, died July 25. He was 97.
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Obituary: Alan Rutsky
Alan Rutsky, CFO of Rizzoli International Publications, died on June 28. He was 67.
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Obituary: Michael McCurdy
Illustrator, printer, and publisher Michael McCurdy died on May 28 in Springfield, Mass. He was 74.



