Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
J. California Cooper
American playwright and author
Died on Saturday September 20th 2014
Ayesha Foyez
Bangladeshi writer
Died on Saturday September 27th 2014
Eugie Foster
American science fiction author
Died on Saturday September 27th 2014
Jürg Schubiger
Swiss psychotherapist and children's author
Died on Monday September 15th 2014
Lonnie Lynn
American basketball player (Pittsburgh Pipers) and spoken word poet
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Theodore J. Flicker
American writer and director (Barney Miller
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Victor J. Stenger
American physicist and author
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
David St John Thomas
English publisher and writer
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Edward Leffingwell
American art critic and curator
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Scott Ciencin
American adaption novelist (Godzilla
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Herbert Lottman
American biographer
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Ruth Sacks Caplin
American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont)
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Al Carrell
American home improvement expert and columnist
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Eduardo White
Mozambican writer
Died on Sunday August 24th 2014
Samih al-Qasim
Palestinian Druze poet and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan
Turkish poet and songwriter
Died on Sunday August 24th 2014
Elsa Wiezell
Paraguayan poet
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Vsevolod Nestayko
Ukrainian children's writer
Died on Saturday August 16th 2014
James Thompson
American-born Finnish crime writer
Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Jack Shallcrass
New Zealand author
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Billie Letts
American novelist (Where the Heart Is)
Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Peter Stursberg
Canadian writer and broadcaster
Died on Sunday August 31st 2014
Peter Hopkirk
British journalist and author (The Great Game)
Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Dorothy Schwieder
American biographer and historian
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Ann Zwinger
American natural history author
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Alan Landsburg
American screenwriter
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Verna Vels
South African screenwriter and programme director
Died on Thursday August 21st 2014
Peter Chippindale
British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author
Died on Sunday August 10th 2014
Anton Buslov
Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times)
Died on Wednesday August 20th 2014
Macarthur Job
Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant
Died on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Maruxa Vilalta
Mexican playwright and theatre director
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Clem Comly
American baseball researcher and author
Died on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Warren Dibble
New Zealand playwright and poet
Died on Sunday July 27th 2014
Vicenç Badalona Ballestar
Spanish figurative artist and author
Died on Monday July 7th 2014
Tô Hoài
Vietnamese writer
Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
Bel Kaufman
German-born American teacher and author (Up the Down Staircase)
Died on Friday July 25th 2014
Andrew Mango
Turkish-born British journalist (BBC) and biographer (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)
Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
Hans-Hermann Sprado
German journalist and author
Died on Thursday July 24th 2014
Hugh Davidson
Canadian music critic and arts administrator
Died on Monday July 14th 2014
C. J. Henderson
American horror and crime author
Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Nadine Gordimer
South African writer (The Conservationist
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Gilad Margalit
Israeli historian and writer
Died on Wednesday July 23rd 2014
Alfred de Grazia
American political scientist and author
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Thomas Berger
American novelist (Little Big Man)
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Peter Whelan
British playwright (The Herbal Bed
Died on Thursday July 3rd 2014
John Fasano
American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.)
Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Ken Goodwin
Australian academic and author
Died on Saturday July 12th 2014
Walter Dean Myers
American award-winning children's writer (Fallen Angels
Died on Tuesday July 1st 2014
Jim Frederick
American author and magazine editor (Time)
Died on Thursday July 31st 2014
