Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
American crime fiction writer · 03 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 3 · Davis
Elsa Wiezell
Paraguayan poet · 23 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 23
James Thompson
American-born Finnish crime writer · 02 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 2
Billie Letts
American novelist (Where the Heart Is) · 02 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 2
Peter Hopkirk
British journalist and author (The Great Game) · 22 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 22
Ann Zwinger
American natural history author · 30 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 30
Verna Vels
South African screenwriter and programme director · 21 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 21
Metakse
Armenian poet · 10 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 10
Peter Chippindale
British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author · 10 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 10
Anton Buslov
Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times) · 20 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 20 · Writers
Macarthur Job
Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant · 06 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 6
Maruxa Vilalta
Mexican playwright and theatre director · 19 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 19
Clem Comly
American baseball researcher and author · 06 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 6
Benno Pludra
German children's author · 27 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 27
Edward Leffingwell
American art critic and curator · 05 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 5
Scott Ciencin
American adaption novelist (Godzilla · 05 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 5
Bel Kaufman
German-born American teacher and author (Up the Down Staircase) · 25 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 25
Andrew Mango
Turkish-born British journalist (BBC) and biographer (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk) · 06 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 6
Hugh Davidson
Canadian music critic and arts administrator · 14 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 14
C. J. Henderson
American horror and crime author · 04 July 2014 · Henderson · July 2014 · July 4
Nadine Gordimer
South African writer (The Conservationist · 13 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 13
Gilad Margalit
Israeli historian and writer · 23 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 23
Liv Holtskog
Norwegian poet and farmer · 21 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 21
Thomas Berger
American novelist (Little Big Man) · 13 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 13
Louise Abeita
American Pueblo writer · 21 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 21
Hullad Moradabadi
Indian Hindi language poet · 12 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 12
Peter Whelan
British playwright (The Herbal Bed · 03 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 3
John Fasano
American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.) · 19 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 19
Ken Goodwin
Australian academic and author · 12 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 12
Walter Dean Myers
American award-winning children's writer (Fallen Angels · 01 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 1 · Myers
Jim Frederick
American author and magazine editor (Time) · 31 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 31
Rick Mittleman
American television writer (Bewitched · 30 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 30
Curt Gentry
American author (Helter Skelter) · 10 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 10
Ken Simpson
Australian ornithologist and writer (Field Guide to the Birds of Australia) · 09 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 9
L.A. Meyer
American young adult author (Bloody Jack) · 29 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 29 · La.
Ahmed Sheikh Jama
Somali politician and poet · 09 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 9 · Jama
María Antonia Iglesias
Spanish writer and journalist · 29 July 2014 · July 2014 · Iglesias · July 29 · Maria
Abdukadir Osman
Somali writer · 15 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 15
Sulekha Hussain
Indian Urdu novelist · 15 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 15
Vicenç Badalona Ballestar
Spanish figurative artist and author · 07 July 2014 · Ballestar · July 2014 · July 7
Óscar Acosta
Honduran author · 15 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 15 · Oscar
Tô Hoài
Vietnamese writer · 06 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 6
Maria Perosino
Italian author and art historian · 16 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 16
Kevin Elyot
British scriptwriter (Clapham Junction) and playwright (My Night with Reg) · 07 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 7
Allen Grossman
American poet (Bollingen Prize) · 27 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 27
Daniel Keyes
American author (Flowers for Algernon) · 15 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 15
Eric Hill
British children's writer and illustrator (Spot the Dog) · 06 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 6 · Éric
P. N. Furbank
British writer and literary critic · 27 June 2014 · June 2014 · Furbank · June 27
Edward Sövik
American architect and author · 04 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 4
Mary Rodgers
American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday) · 26 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 26