Remembering Authors We Lost in 2011

Writing isn't an easy job, and I have immense respect for those who have made a success of it. Every death is important, but I always feel a strong sense of loss when an author dies.


This is a salute to the authors who died in 2011, in no particular order. If you know of others I missed, let me know and I'll add them. These are primarily - but not all - romance, mystery and paranormal authors.

L.A. BANKS

(1959-2011)

PENNY JORDAN

(1946-2011)

ANNE MCCAFFREY

(1926-2011)

BEVERLY BARTON

(1946-2011)

RUSSELL HOBAN

(1925-2011)

DIANA WYNNE JONES

(1934-2011)

BRIAN JACQUES

(1939-2011)

WILLIAM SLEATOR

(1945-2011)

SANDRA HYATT

(1965-2011)

EMMA BLAIR (aka IAIN BLAIR)

(1942-2011)

JOE GORES

(1931-2011)

LILLIAN JACKSON BRAUN

(1913-2011)

WAYNE GREENHAW
(1940-2011)

R.I.P. - and thanks for the books!