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Obituary: Jim Murphy
Award-winning children's book author Jim Murphy, best known for his carefully researched nonfiction documenting dramatic events in history, died suddenly on May 1; he was 74.
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Obituary: Ann Spinelli
Spinelli, a former v-p and executive art director at Putnam Publishing Group, died on May 9. She was 77.
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Marshall Smith, Brookline Booksmith Cofounder, Dies at 90
Smith, the cofounder of Brookline Booksmith and a number of other seminal Boston-area retail businesses, died on May 10.
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Former 'PW' Rep Matt Hurley Dies at 64
Matt Hurley, a sales rep for 'Publishers Weekly' from 1989 to 2011, died on April 22.
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Cumberland House Founder Ron Pitkin Dies at 79
Pitkin, who founded the Nashville-based publisher Cumberland House and co-founded Rutledge Hill Press, died April 6.
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Former Bantam Sales Head Lou Satz Dies at 94
Satz, who headed sales at Bantam in the 1960s and 1970s under Oscar Dystel, died on April 9.
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Longtime Publishing Marketing Executive Maryann Palumbo Dies at 75
Maryann Palumbo, who rose to become v-p and director of advertising, promotion, and publicity at New American Library, died April 3.
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An Editor Remembers Jack Higgins
Jack Higgins was one of several pseudonyms Harry Patterson used to pen dozens of thrillers. Higgins died April 9 at age 92. Neil Nyren, Higgins' long-time editor, shares a few stories about the author.
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Obituary: Patricia MacLachlan
Award-winning children's book author Patricia MacLachlan, widely lauded for her spare, realistic stories about everyday family life, died on March 31 at her home in Williamsburg, Mass.; she was 84.
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Margaret Kaplan, Former Executive Editor at Abrams, Dies at 91
Margaret Kaplan, who initiated Abrams Artbooks' pivot toward illustrated books and ran the publisher's art history textbook division, died on February 22 of cancer. She was 91.
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