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Neal Sofman, Longtime Bookstore Owner, Dies at 75
The co-owner of San Francisco's Bookshop West Portal and founder of onetime Bay Area bookselling staple A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, died on September 6.
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Robert E. Abrams, Abbeville Press Cofounder, Dies at 80
The eminent art book publisher and longtime president of the publishing house he founded with his father, Harry N. Abrams, died on August 28 at his home in North Salem, N.Y.
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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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