Sunday, March 16, 2008
MISSING PAGES -- THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Voices who slipped away during 2007 -- authors remembered and treasured:
Sidney Sheldon -- Died January 30 of pneumonia. Wrote books like The Other Side of Midnight.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. -- Died February 28 of a heart attack. Writer and liberal political aide who wrote an early history of the Kennedy administration, A Thousand Days.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- Died April 11 of injuries from a fall. Best known for Slaughterhouse Five.
David Halberstam -- Died April 23 in a car accident. Won a Pulitzer Price in the 60s for reporting on the Vietnam war, wrote many nonfiction books including The Best and the Brightest.
Lloyd Alexander -- Died May 17. Won Newbery Medal for The High King.
Fred Saberhagen -- Died June 29 of cancer. Wrote the Beserker series and Dracula novels.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss -- Died July 6 of cancer. One of the first mega-romance writers, starting with The Flame inthe Flower in 1972.
Ronda Thompson -- Died July 12 of pancreatic cancer. A unique voice in the growing paranormal field, she was gaining major attention for her Wulf series.
Madeleine L’Engle -- Died September 6 . Won the Newbery Award for A Wrinkle in Time.
Robert Jordan -- Died September 16 of primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. Writer of the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
Anne Weale -- Died October 24. For over 50 years was a major force in English and international romantic fiction writing for Mills-Boon. Best known for her Longwarden novels and Flora, she left unfinished her latest project -- 88 Heroes and One Mr. Right.
Norman Mailer -- Died November 10 of kidney failure. Controversial, pugnacious writer who reigned as counter-cultural literary conscience in the 50s. Helped found The Literary Voice. Acclaimed for his first novel, The Naked and the Dead.
Ira Levin -- Died November 13 of a heart attack. Wrote Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, and Deathtrap.
