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Obituary: Jerry Pinkney
Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney, acclaimed for his picture books honoring his Black heritage as well as for his richly detailed retold fairy and folktales, died on October 20 at 81.
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Obituary: Gary Paulsen
Award-winning and prolific author Gary Paulsen, best known for his novels and nonfiction for young people about self-reliance and the transformative power of the wilderness, died suddenly on October 13 in New Mexico. He was 82.
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Obituary: Evelyn Loeb Beilenson, 83
Evelyn Loeb Beilenson, former publisher of Peter Pauper Press, died on October 4. She was 83.
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Obituary: Diane Lomonaco
Diane Lomonaco, who for decades worked in production positions at a number of publishers, died on October 4 of early onset Alzheimer’s disease. She was 67.
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Obituary: John Ziccardi, 78
John Ziccardi, who led national sales efforts at Bantam and Bantam Doubleday Dell, died September 27. He was 78.
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Esther Reid, Longtime 'PW' Business Manager, Dies at 68
Esther Alicia Reid, longtime business manager for Publishers Weekly, died September 26. She was 68.
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Publicist Gregory Henry Dead at 48
Gregory Henry, a veteran publicist who had most recently worked at Melville House, died unexpectedly on September 17. He was 48.
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Obituary: Daniel Moses
Daniel Moses, the longtime editor-in-chief of the San Francisco–based Sierra Club Books, died on September 12 in Ojai, Calif., of complications from three lung conditions caused by end-stage ankylosis spondylitis. He was 85.
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Obituary: Candice Chaplin
Candice Chaplin, v-p and director of backlist sales at Penguin Random House, died of cancer on September 7 in Gladwyne, Pa. She was 53.
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Obituary: Peter Warner
Peter Warner, the longtime president of Thames & Hudson, died on September 9 from complications due to myelodysplastic syndrome. He was 79.
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