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Kay Arthur, Award-Winning Bible Study Author, Dies at 91
The Bible study teacher, author, and cofounder of a ministry offering Bible resources worldwide was honored with the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Pinnacle Award in April.
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Hervé de La Martinière, French Publishing Giant, Dies at 78
After working for two corporate publishers, de La Martinière started his own house in 1992. Five years later, he acquired Abrams Books, and in 1998 merged his company with Média-Participations to form one of France's largest book publishers.
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Maureen O’Brien, Former ‘PW’ Editor, Dies at 67
Maureen O’Brien, who worked as an editor at Publishers Weekly from 1987 to 1996, died on April 12. Her colleagues remember her as a force of nature who loved nothing more than chasing a good story.
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Scott Miller, Trident Media Group EVP and Literary Agent, Dies at 53
Miller, who began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency and became a founding member of the Trident Media Group in 2000, died on April 23.
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Georgetown University Press Director Al Bertrand Dies at 57
Bertrand, director of Georgetown University Press since 2018 and former associate publishing director at Princeton University Press, died on April 20 following a brief and sudden illness.
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Harry Lerner, Founder of Lerner Publishing Group, Dies at 93
Lerner launched his children’s publishing company in 1959 and built it up over the next 50 years into one of the country’s largest independent publishers of books for young people. He died in Minneapolis on April 8.
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Obituary: Jean Van Leeuwen
Children’s author Jean Van Leeuwen, known for a broad oeuvre including her beginning-reader stories following the adventures of Oliver Pig, died on March 3 of cancer. She was 87.
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Jesse Kornbluth, Author and Bookreporter.com Cofounder, Dies at 79
A prolific magazine writer and the author of seven books of nonfiction and two novels, Kornbluth cofounded Bookreporter.com, one of the first online destinations for books coverage, in 1996. He died on April 3.
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Virginia Norey, Associate Design Director at RHPG, Dies at 68
During her tenure at Random House Publishing Group, Norey created the enduring interior house styles, as well as illustrations and maps, for such authors as Lee Child, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, and Danielle Steel. She died on March 28.
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Translator and Author Tim Mohr Dies at 55
Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31.
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