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Longtime S&S Editorial Director Alice Mayhew Dead at 87
Alice Mayhew, v-p and editorial director of Simon & Schuster, died on February 4 at her home in New York. She was 87.
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Mary Higgins Clark Dead at 92
Mary Higgins Clark, who published her first mystery in 1975 and went on to be known as the Queen of Suspense, died January 31 of natural causes at her home in Naples, Fla.
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Obituary: Susan Jeffers
Susan Jeffers, a Caldecott Honor winner and bestselling illustrator, died on January 22 after a brief illness; she was 77.
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Obituary: Ron Shoop
Ron Shoop, a former sales representative for Penguin Random House in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 20 years, died January 16. He was 74.
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Obituary: Clay Winters
Longtime publishing executive Clay Winters, former president of the Putnam & Grosset Group and co-founder of Boyds Mills Press, died on December 22; he was 85.
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Obituary: Da Chen
Da Chen, whose memoirs for both adults ('Colors of the Mountain') and young readers ('Girl Under a Red Moon') chronicled his experiences growing up during China's Cultural Revolution, died of lung cancer on December 17 in Temecula, Calif.; he was 57.
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Publishing Legend Sonny Mehta Is Dead at 77
Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Knopf and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, died December 30 in New York City. He was 77.
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In Memoriam: Renée Senogles
Renée Senogles, marketing and publicity manager of Hardie Grant Publishing in San Francisco, died on December 19, as a result of the effects of uveal cancer. Senogles had just turned 40 in November. (Sponsored)
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Obituary: Linda Cannon, Parson Weems' Co-Owner, Dies at 68
Linda Cannon, co-owner of Parson Weems’ Publisher Services and a longtime bookseller and sales rep, died on December 5 following a brief illness.
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Obituary: Andrew Clements
Prolific children's author Andrew Clements, best known for his popular middle grade novel 'Frindle,' died on November 28 in West Baldwin, Me., following an illness; he was 70.
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