Iain Banks has died at age 59
Scottish author (The Wasp Factory) Died on Sunday June 9th 2013
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Alexandru Mușina has died at age 58
Romanian poet Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Yoram Kaniuk obituary: died at age 83
Israeli writer Died on Saturday June 8th 2013
Death of Parke Godwin at age 84
American author Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
John Boyd death at age 93
American science fiction author Died on Saturday June 8th 2013
Vince Flynn obituary: died at age 47
American author (Mitch Rapp) Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Rachel Abrams death at age 62
American writer Died on Friday June 7th 2013
Atiqul Haque dies at 82
Bangladeshi playwright and TV producer Died on Monday June 17th 2013
Tom Sharpe passes away at age 85
British author (Porterhouse Blue Died on Thursday June 6th 2013
Michael Baigent has died at age 65
New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) Died on Monday June 17th 2013
Nada Inada has died at age 83
Japanese psychiatrist and writer Died on Thursday June 6th 2013
Bernard Sahlins death at age 90
American comedy writer and theater owner Died on Sunday June 16th 2013
Obituary: Kampta Karran, dead at age 56
Guyanan sociologist and author Died on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Maurice Nadeau has died at age 102
French writer and editor Died on Sunday June 16th 2013
Bruce Cathie death at age 83
New Zealand UFO author and theorist Died on Sunday June 2nd 2013
Margherita Hack dead at age 91
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer Died on Saturday June 29th 2013
Khondakar Ashraf has died at age 63
Bangladesh poet and academic Died on Sunday June 16th 2013
Atle Kittang dies at 72
Norwegian literary researcher and critic Died on Saturday June 1st 2013
Charlie L. passed away at age 81
American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side) Died on Friday June 28th 2013
Peride Celal passed away at age 97
Turkish author Died on Saturday June 15th 2013
Bill Gunston obituary: died at age 86
British aviation writer Died on Saturday June 1st 2013
Eddie Braben died at age 82
British comedy writer (Morecambe and Wise Died on Tuesday May 21st 2013
Patrick Henry obituary: died at age 82
American traditionalist Catholic author Died on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Miguel Méndez dies at 82
American author Died on Friday May 31st 2013
Ernst Klee obituary: died at age 71
German historian and writer Died on Saturday May 18th 2013
Dvora Omer died at age 80
Israeli author Died on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Frederic Lindsay, died aged 79
Scottish novelist Died on Friday May 31st 2013
Death of Jo Benkow at age 88
Norwegian writer and politician Died on Saturday May 18th 2013
Stuart Wilde died at age 66
British writer and metaphysical teacher Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Donald Bevan died at age 93
American author Died on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Bernard Waber dies at age 88
American children's author (Lyle Died on Thursday May 16th 2013
Gregory Rogers death at age 55
Australian children's book writer Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Richard Ballantine dies at 72
British cycling writer Died on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Obituary: Asghar Ali, dead at age 74
Indian writer and activist Died on Tuesday May 14th 2013
Henry Hope has died at age 97
American architecture critic Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Muttanisseril Koyakutty passes away at age 86
Indian Islamic scholar and writer Died on Monday May 27th 2013
Marianne Ferber death at age 90
Czech-born American feminist economist and author Died on Saturday May 11th 2013
Martin Kevan dies at age 66
Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and author Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Jack Vance obituary: died at age 96
American science fiction author Died on Sunday May 26th 2013
Johnny Bos dead at age 61
American boxer and author Died on Saturday May 11th 2013
Gene Burns death at age 72
American political radio broadcaster and food critic Died on Saturday May 25th 2013
Alan Abelson passes away at age 87
American financial writer Died on Thursday May 9th 2013
Erling Welle-Strand, died aged 96
Norwegian writer and resistance member Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Dallas Willard passed away at age 77
American author and philosopher Died on Wednesday May 8th 2013
R. T. has died at age 84
Indian writer Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Taylor Mead passed away at age 88
American writer and actor Died on Wednesday May 8th 2013
Elsa Bornemann has died at age 61
Argentine children's writer Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Mairuth Sarsfield death at age 88
88. Canadian broadcaster and author (No Crystal Stair) Died on Tuesday May 7th 2013
Michael Lev passed away at age 95
Ukrainian-born Israeli writer Died on Thursday May 23rd 2013
Herbert Romerstein, died aged 82
American anti–communist writer Died on Tuesday May 7th 2013
William Demby passed away at age 90
American writer Died on Thursday May 23rd 2013
Greg Quill dies at 66
Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star) Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
Elizabeth Mavor died at age 85
British writer Died on Wednesday May 22nd 2013
Death of Sarah Kirsch at age 78
German poet Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
William Douglas passes away at age 90
American writer Died on Wednesday May 22nd 2013
Jürg Amann obituary: died at age 65
Swiss author and dramatist Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
Charley Reese has died at age 76
American newspaper columnist Died on Tuesday May 21st 2013
Selma Urfer dead at age 85
Swiss author and actress Died on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Norbert Blei passes away at age 77
American author and writer Died on Tuesday April 23rd 2013
Robert Byrne died at age 84
American chess grandmaster and columnist (The New York Times) Died on Friday April 12th 2013
Clément Marchand died at age 100
Canadian poet and journalist Died on Monday April 22nd 2013
Edward de dead at age 86
American lawyer and writer (Girls Lean Back Everywhere) Died on Thursday April 11th 2013
Norman Borisoff, died aged 94
American film producer and novelist Died on Sunday April 21st 2013
José Luis obituary: died at age 96
Spanish writer and economist Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Jocasta Innes death at age 78
British non-fiction writer and businesswoman Died on Saturday April 20th 2013
Obituary: Abdul Hadi, dead at age 78
Iraqi writer and academic Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Peter Kane obituary: died at age 89
American poet Died on Saturday April 20th 2013
Mickey Rose passes away at age 77
American film and television screenwriter (Bananas Died on Sunday April 7th 2013
Cortright McMeel passes away at age 41
American novelist Died on Friday April 19th 2013
George Anania dead at age 71
Romanian science-fiction writer and translator Died on Saturday April 6th 2013
Andrew J., died aged 78
American science fiction author Died on Tuesday April 30th 2013
E. L. passes away at age 83
American children's novelist and illustrator(From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler) Died on Friday April 19th 2013
David Kuo dies at age 44
American author and civil servant Died on Friday April 5th 2013
Mike Gray obituary: died at age 77
American screenwriter (The China Syndrome Died on Tuesday April 30th 2013
Lynne Duke death at age 56
American journalist (Washington Post) and author Died on Friday April 19th 2013
David Hunt died at age 87
American Christian apologist and author Died on Friday April 5th 2013
Viviane Forrester dies at 87
French writer Died on Tuesday April 30th 2013
Goran Švob obituary: died at age 65
Croatian philosopher and author Died on Thursday April 18th 2013
Noboru Yamaguchi obituary: died at age 41
Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero) Died on Thursday April 4th 2013
Bernie Wood dies at 70
New Zealand sport author and journalist Died on Sunday April 28th 2013
George Horse-Capture obituary: died at age 75
American Gros Ventre author Died on Tuesday April 16th 2013
Roger Ebert passed away at age 70
American film critic (Chicago Sun-Times Died on Thursday April 4th 2013
Fredrick McKissack has died at age 73
American children's book writer Died on Sunday April 28th 2013
A. S. has died at age 65
Canadian writer and artist Died on Sunday April 14th 2013
Ruth Prawer died at age 85
German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (A Room with a View Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Jérôme Louis has died at age 95
Dutch journalist and columnist Died on Saturday April 27th 2013
Nick Pollotta dies at 57
American science fiction author Died on Saturday April 13th 2013
Obituary: Stan Isaacs, dead at age 83
American sports columnist Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Death of Dhoodaan at age 72
Ethiopian Somali language writer Died on Saturday April 27th 2013
William Y. died at age 90
American historian and author Died on Friday April 12th 2013
George Gladir death at age 87
American comic book writer (Archie Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Aída Bortnik dead at age 75
Argentine screenwriter (The Official Story) Died on Saturday April 27th 2013
Brennan Manning dies at age 78
American priest and author Died on Friday April 12th 2013
Basil Copper dies at age 89
British writer Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Eion Scarrow passes away at age 81
New Zealand gardening television presenter and author Died on Thursday April 25th 2013
Michael France, died aged 51
American screenwriter (GoldenEye Died on Friday April 12th 2013
Jesús Franco death at age 82
Spanish film director and screenwriter (Count Dracula) Died on Tuesday April 2nd 2013
Larry Felser obituary: died at age 80
American sports journalist and columnist (Sporting News Died on Wednesday April 24th 2013
Roger Dobson, died aged 58
British writer Died on Friday April 12th 2013