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Michel Faber:

the power of words brought into extraordinary focus.

Photograph: David Rose

Rex Feaures

The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber review

– a moving study of the power of language

G

Sunday 30 August 2015    15.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/30/
the-book-of-strange-new-things-michel-faber-review-moving-study-of-power-of-language

Rebecca F Kuang    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/04/
rebecca-f-kuang-yellowface-joan-didion-poppy-war-babel

Louise Meriwether    USA

Louise Meriwether in 1998.

Her books include “Daddy Was a Number Runner,”

“Fragments of the Ark” and “Shadow Dancing.”

Photograph: Fern Logan

It’s Not Too Late to Discover Louise Meriwether

The author, 98,

wrote one of the classic novels of Depression-era Black life,

“Daddy Was a Number Runner,” and its themes still resonate today.

NYT

June 17, 2021    Updated 9:41 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/
books/louise-meriwether.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/
books/louise-meriwether.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/28/
archives/daddy-was-a-number-runner.html

Nikki Giovanni    USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Nikki_Giovanni

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/24/
at-80-i-still-have-a-lot-of-anger-american-poet-nikki-giovanni

Deborah Eisenberg    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/
magazine/deborah-eisenberg-chronicler-of-american-insanity.html

Dana Spiotta    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/
magazine/the-quietly-subversive-fictions-of-dana-spiotta.html

Lawrence Osborne    UK

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/feb/07/
lawrence-osborne-novelist-interview-graham-greene-thailand

http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/apr/13/
lawrence-osborne-acclaim-british-author-gambling-bangkok-novel

Marlon James    Jamaica

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/
world/americas/marlon-james-jamaican-novelist-wins-man-booker-prize.html

Michel Faber    Netherlands

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/30/
the-book-of-strange-new-things-michel-faber-review-moving-study-of-power-of-language

Greg Hrbek    USA

https://www.npr.org/2015/09/24/
437287806/not-on-fire-is-a-poignant-perplexing-twist-on-dystopia

Carl Phillips    USA

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/29/
435492413/for-carl-phillips-
poetry-is-experience-transformed-not-transcribed 

Don DeLillo    USA

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/03/
100-best-novels-underworld-don-delillo

Juan Felipe Herrera    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/
books/juan-felipe-herrera-of-california-to-be-next-poet-laureate.html

George the Poet    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jul/15/
in-conversation-with-benjamin-zephaniah-and-george-the-poet-pocast

Linton Kwesi Johnson    Jamaica, UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/07/
living-legend-linton-kwesi-johnson-wins-pen-pinter-prize

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/
linton-kwesi-johnson-brixton-windrush-myth-immigrants-
didnt-want-fit-british-society-we-werent-allowed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPS1YI1n0
video    G    30 March 2012

Terrance Hayes    USA

Terrance Hayes recording one of his poems

at the Museum of Modern Art on March 12.

Photograph: Larry Fink

for The New York Times

Galaxies Inside His Head

Terrance Hayes uses poetry to show that there is more to him,

and to anyone, than what you expect.

NYT

MARCH 24, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/
magazine/galaxies-inside-his-head-poet-terrance-hayes.html
 

Clive James    Australia, UK

By the time he was appearing

on What the Papers Say in 1972,

James was the Observer’s TV critic.

Photograph: ITV/REX

Clive James: ‘I’ve got a lot done since my death’

O

Sunday 15 March 2015    08.30 GMT

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/mar/15/clive-james-interview-done-lot-since-my-death

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/
clive-james

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/mar/25/
sentenced-to-life-clive-james-poetry-collection-review

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2015/mar/15/
clive-james-reads-poem-early-to-bed-exclusive-video

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/mar/15/
clive-james-interview-done-lot-since-my-death

http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2014/nov/27/
clive-james-its-awkward-im-still-alive

Renata Adler    USA

Renata Adler, 1970.

Photograph: Duane Michals

DC Moore Gallery

‘After the Tall Timber’ Collects Renata Adler’s Nonfiction

NYT

MAY 15, 2015

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/
books/review/after-the-tall-timber-collects-renata-adlers-nonfiction.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/
books/review/after-the-tall-timber-collects-renata-adlers-nonfiction.html

Richard Price    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/
books/richard-price-finds-his-pseudonym-for-the-whites-annoying.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/
books/review/the-whites-by-richard-price-writing-as-harry-brandt.html

Nick Hornby    UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hornby

https://membership.theguardian.com/event/13304182167

Tom Robbins    USA

Tom Robbins in 1976.

Mr. Robbins is known mostly for novels

like "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."

But his new book, "Tibetan Peach Pie,"

is a memoir.

Photograph:

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW36265

Inside a Conjurer of Characters

‘Tibetan Peach Pie,’ a Tom Robbins Memoir

NYT

MAY 20, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/books/tibetan-peach-pie-a-tom-robbins-memoir.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/
books/tibetan-peach-pie-a-tom-robbins-memoir.html

 Sarah Waters    UK

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/
books/the-paying-guests-by-sarah-waters-looks-at-1920s-britain.html

Lorrie Moore    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/
books/review/lorrie-moores-bark.html

Alice Hoffman    USA

Alice Hoffman

Illustration by Jillian Tamaki

Alice Hoffman: By the Book

NYT        FEB. 20, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/books/review/alice-hoffman-by-the-book.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/
books/review/alice-hoffman-by-the-book.html

Zadie Smith    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/zadiesmith

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/10/
zadie-smith-yarls-wood-detention-centre-campaign

Alice Munro    Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
alice-munro

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/books/review/
family-furnishings-selected-stories-by-alice-munro.html

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/06/
alice-munro-interview-nobel-prize-short-story-literature

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/books/
alice-munro-mining-the-inner-lives-of-girls-and-women.html

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/10/
alice-munro-nobel-literature-prize-margaret-atwood

Margaret Atwood    Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
margaretatwood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Margaret_Atwood

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/04/
i-can-say-things-other-people-are-afraid-to-
margaret-atwood-on-censorship-literary-feuds-and-trump

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/14/
no-one-comes-back-
margaret-atwoods-anti-war-poem-debuts-at-venice-biennale

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/
1163051009/margaret-atwoods-book-old-babes-in-the-wood

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/11/
margaret-atwood-it-would-be-fun-to-talk-to-simone-de-beauvoir-
old-babes-in-the-wood

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/25/
widows-by-margaret-atwood-read-the-exclusive-short-story

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/
salman-rushdie-free-speech-tyranny-satanic-verses

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/09/
stephen-king-margaret-atwood-roxane-
gay-champion-trans-rights-open-letter-jk-rowling

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/30/
444775853/now-is-not-the-time-for-realistic-fiction-says-margaret-atwood

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/05/
margaret-atwood-new-work-unseen-century-future-library

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/17/
doris-lessing-death-margaret-atwood-tribute

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/09/
blind-assassin-atwood-book-club

Susan Hill    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
susan-hill

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/25/
susan-hill-books-interview

Gillian Flynn    USA

https://www.npr.org/2012/05/14/
152289627/exclusive-first-read-gone-girl-by-gillian-flynn

Patrick Joseph Kavanagh    UK

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/30/
david-nicholls-book-that-saved-him-pj-kavanagh-perfect-stranger-memoir-love

Louise Erdrich    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
louise-erdrich 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/us/
louise-erdrichs-novel-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award.html

Tim Lott    UK

 https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/oct/24/
live-webchat-time-lott-writing-advice

Howard Jacobson    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
howard-jacobson 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/
howard-jacobson-bad-boys-books

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/12/
howard-jacobson-the-finkler-question-booker

Lawrence Norfolk    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/07/
lawrence-norfolk-life-in-writing

Simon Stephens    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/aug/06/
morning-edinburgh-review

Jonathan Franzen    USA

 https://www.theguardian.com/books/
jonathan-franzen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/25/
jonathan-franzen-the-path-to-freedom

Andrew Miller    UK

 https://www.theguardian.com/books/
andrew-miller

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/27/
the-slowworms-song-by-andrew-miller-review-
belfast-booze-and-a-lifetime-of-bad-nights

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/25/
andrew-miller-interview

Anne Tyler    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
anne-tyler

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/13/
anne-tyler-interview

Chad Harbach    USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/07/
art-of-fielding-baseball-novel

Alan Ayckbourn    UK

 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/
alanayckbourn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/sep/15/
alan-ayckbourn-neighbourhood-watch

Robert Coover    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
robert-coover

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jun/27/
robert-coover-life-in-writing

Helen Oyeyemi    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
helen-oyeyemi

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/26/
helen-oyeyemi-once-upon-a-life

Julia Donaldson    UK

 https://www.theguardian.com/books/
julia-donaldson

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/07/
gruffalo-julia-donaldson-new-children-s-laureate

Andrew Motion    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
andrewmotion 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/may/08/
incoming-theatre-review-andrew-motion

 Mohsin Hamid    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/may/01/
once-upon-a-life-mohsin-hamid

Elif Batuman    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
elif-batuman 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/21/
elif-batuman-bestseller-life

Bruce Norris    USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/apr/19/
clybourne-park-wins-drama-pulitzer

James Frey    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
james-frey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/19/
james-frey-final-testament-bible

George RR Martin    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
george-rr-martin 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/13/
george-rr-martin-game-thrones

Barbara Ehrenreich    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/
opinion/14ehrenreich.html

Martina Cole    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2011/mar/30/
martina-cole-erwin-james-the-runaway

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/28/
martina-cole-queen-of-crime

Tony Kushner    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
tony-kushner

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/
theater/25angels.html

Thomas McGuane    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/
books/review/Meloy-t.html 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/
books/21mcguane.html

Arundhati Roy    India

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
arundhatiroy

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/16/
interview-arunadha-roy-book

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/17/
india-rapes-damaged-divided-nation-hindu-nationalism

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/27/
arundhati-roy-fiction-takes-time-second-novel-ministry-utmost-happiness

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/02/
pankaj-mishra-arundhati-roy-hindu-nationalists-silence-writers-india

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/18/
arundhati-roy-accuses-mahatma-gandhi-discrimination

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/
arundhati-roy-kashmir-india

Colm Tóibín    Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
colmtoibin

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/29/
a-guest-at-the-feast-by-colm-toibin-review-words-never-fail-him

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2010/sep/10/
colm-toibin-book-club

Randy Kearse

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/nyregion/
10books.html

Howard Brenton    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/
howardbrenton 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/10/
howard-brenton-life-in-theatre

Eoin Colfer    Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
eoin-colfer 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/17/
artemis-fowl-best-puffin-eoin-colfer

Polly Stenham    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/may/16/
polly-stenham-interview

Nick Cave    Australia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2009/jul/13/
nick-cave-death-bunny-munro

Joe Hill    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/apr/13/
joe-hill-sympathy-for-the-devil 

Sam Lipsyte    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/
books/review/Millet-t.html

Amy Bloom    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/
books/review/Gray-t.html

Jonathan Franzen    USA

 https://www.theguardian.com/books/
jonathan-franzen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/25/jonathan-franzen-interview

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/opinion/21brooks.html

Don DeLillo    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
don-delillo

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/
books/04delillo.html

Christopher Reid    HK, UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/29/
christopher-reid-poet-costa-winner

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/26/
christopher-reid-costa-book-prize

Malcolm Gladwell    UK, Canada

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/malcolm-gladwell

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/books/20gladwell.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/books/review/05donadio.html

Jonathan Littell    FR, USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/22/
history-holocaust-books-jonathan-littell

Douglas Coupland    Canada

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/douglascoupland

Philip Hoare    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2009/jul/03/
philip-hoare-leviathan

Petina Gappah    Zimbabwe

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2009/jan/26/
pettina-gappah-dancing-champion

Martina Cole (born Eilidh Martina Cole)        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/31/
martina-cole-books

Walter Ellis Mosley        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/29/
487601378/easy-writer-walter-mosleys-passion-for-bringing-black-l-a-stories-to-life

Will Elliott    Australia

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/06/03/
arts/entertainment-us-books-elliott.html

Julia Donaldson    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2009/may/26/
hay-festival-julia-donaldson-gruffalo

David Peace    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/22/
fiction-david-peace-the-damned-utd

Richard Bean    UK

 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/
richardbean

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/28/
richard-bean-taboo-playwright-theatre

Sherry Jones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/29/jewel.of.medina.firebomb

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/29/publishing.civilliberties

Joseph O'Neill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/07/celebrity

Anne Enright    Ireland

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/books/review/Benfey-t.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/books/08enri.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/18/bookerprize2007.thebookerprize

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/16/bookerprize2007.thebookerprize6

Edmund White    USA

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/28/
theatre.stage 

Naomi Klein    Canada

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/15/
100-best-nonfiction-books-number-3-no-logo-naomi-klein-
anti-corporate-capitalism-branding-brands

Harlan Coben    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/
opinion/l23spy.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/
opinion/16coben.html

Philip Pullman    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
philippullman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Philip_Pullman

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/22/
philip-pullman-my-daemon-is-a-raven-la-belle-sauvage-interview-questions

https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2017/aug/17/
michael-sheen-reads-from-philip-pullmans-la-belle-sauvage

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/14/
515193632/author-philip-pullman-announces-a-follow-up-trilogy-to-his-dark-materials

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2016/may/21/
philip-pullmans-the-adventures-of-john-blake-the-mystery-of-the-ghost-ship

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2015/sep/25/
northern-lights-philip-pullman-graphic-novel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/13/philip-pullman-book-club

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/27/philip-pullman-defend-libraries-web

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/19/philip-pullman-interview-catholic-church

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/04/scoundrel-christ-pullman-review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/30/american-library-association-banned-books

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audioslideshow/2009/feb/22/art-philippullman

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/29/
philip.pullman.amber.spyglass.golden.compass.banned

David Mamet    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
david-mamet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
David_Mamet

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/
books/david-mamet-interview-hollywood.html

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/
theater/reviews/glengarry-glen-ross-by-david-mamet-with-al-pacino.html

Hanif Kureishi    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/
hanif-kureishi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Hanif_Kureishi

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/26/
hanif-kureishi-accident-completely-eradicated-sense-self-privacy

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/06/
hanif-kureishi-fall-rome-spinal-surgery-novelist-screenwriter

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/08/
hanif-kureishi-racism-makes-people-mad-
its-necessary-to-deal-with-this-in-fiction

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/25/
there-were-no-books-about-people-like-me-so-i-wrote-one-myself-
hanif-kureishi-on-the-buddha-of-suburbia

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/12/
hanif-kureishi-david-bowie-starman-new-book

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/12/
enoch-powell-hanif-kureishi

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/29/
last-word-hanif-kureishi-review-lawson

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/19/
hanif-kureishi-interview-last-word

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/04/
hanif-kureishi-praise-adultery-week-end

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/03/
hanif-kureishi-victim-suspected-fraud

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2010/may/05/
hanif-kureishi

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jun/29/
hanif-kureishi-black-album

Edna O’Brien    Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
edna-o-brien

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/13/
edna-obrien-90-ireland-greatest-writer-final-novel

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/18/
the-country-girls-chichester-observer-review

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/15/
country-girls-review-minerva-chichester-edna-o-brien-1960-novel-dublin

Dan Brown    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
danbrown  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/15/
dan-brown-lost-symbol-sales

J.K. Rowling    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/jkrowling 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/harrypotter

https://www.theguardian.com/film/harrypotter 

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/j-k-rowling

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/22/
jk-rowling-reveals-abuse-in-past-relationship

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/12/
jk-rowling-launches-
support-centre-for-female-victims-of-sexual-violence

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/28/
helena-bonham-carter-defends-jk-rowling-and-johnny-depp

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/25/
ralph-fiennes-defends-jk-rowling

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/
1120299781/jk-rowling-new-book-the-ink-black-heart

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/
873472683/harry-potters-magic-fades-when-his-creator-tweets

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/26/
534445020/on-harry-potters-20th-anniversary-listen-to-his-npr-debut

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/
business/in-the-chamber-of-secrets-jk-rowlings-net-worth.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/
theater/why-jk-rowling-endorsed-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-for-the-stage.html

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/05/
jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-jack-thorne-john-tiffany-interview

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/
theater/jk-rowling-just-cant-let-harry-potter-go.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/08/
469663802/j-k-rowling-releases-part-1-of-new-magic-in-north-america-series

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/24/
jk-rowling-reveals-history-dursleys-harry-potter

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/17/
jk-rowling-second-novel-robert-galbraith

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/poll/2013/jul/31/
harry-potter-15-year-anniversary-poll

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/30/casual-vacancy-jk-rowling-digested-read

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/books/book-review-the-casual-vacancy-by-j-k-rowling.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/22/jk-rowling-book-casual-vacancy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/12/jk-rowling-growing-first

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/20/jk-rowling-hans-christian-andersen-prize

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/02/harry.potter.richest.authors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/24/richlists.jkrowling

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/nyregion/15rowling.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/13/harrypotter.books 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/21/film.books

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jul/20/harrypotter.jkjoannekathleenrowling1 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jul/19/harrypotter.jkjoannekathleenrowling1  

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/jul/18/retail.harrypotter 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/19/harrypotter.books 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/jul/15/harrypotter.books 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/28/harrypotter.jkjoannekathleenrowling 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/15/books.harrypotter   

Julian Barnes    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/
julianbarnes

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/02/
julian-barnes-i-was-wrong-about-em-forster

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/06/
julian-barnes-leicester-city-premier-league-stupid-love

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/18/
julian-barnes-remembers-anita-brookner

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/02/
julian-barnes-art-doesnt-capture-thrill-of-life

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/30/
julian-barnes-sense-of-another-ending

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/23/
through-the-window-julian-barnes-review

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2012/jul/15/
julian-barnes-shakespeare-helen-mirren

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jun/29/
my-life-as-bibliophile-julian-barnes

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/
books/julian-barnes-wins-the-man-booker-prize.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/18/
booker-prize-julian-barnes-wins

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/feb/23/
biography.julianbarnes

Ian McEwan    UK

Ian McEwan in April 1976.

Photograph: John McGrath

Ian McEwan: when I was a monster

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ian-mcewan-first-love-last-rites-40-years-since-publication 

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ianmcewan

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/05/
lessons-by-ian-mcewan-review-this-boys-life

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/03/
ian-mcewan-on-ageing-legacy-the-attack-on-salman-rushdie-beyond-edge-of-human-cruelty

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/01/
brexit-pointless-masochistic-ambition-history-done

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/
t-magazine/ian-mcewan-cotswolds-garden-annalena-mcafee.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/01/
ian-mcewan-nutshell-identity-politics

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/27/
nutshell-by-ian-mcewan-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/27/
ian-mcewan-author-nutshell-going-get-kicking

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/
biology-not-always-destiny-says-ian-mcewan-after-transgender-row

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/11/
the-children-act-ian-mcewan-review-novel

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/31/
ian-mcewan-children-act-interview-only-66-notebook-still-full-of-ideas-robert-mccrum

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/26/
ian-mcewan-cement-garden-sexual-gothic-old-age

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2013/jul/12/
ian-mcewan-sweet-tooth-podcast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/02/
sweet-tooth-ian-mcewan-review

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ian-mcewan-sweet-tooth-extract

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2012/apr/03/
ian-mcewan-interview-video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/23/
originality-of-species-ian-mcewan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/16/
christopher-hitchens-appreciation-by-ian-mcewan

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/12/
familyandrelationships.elementsoffiction 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/24/
fiction.ianmcewan 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/apr/01/
scienceandnature.richarddawkins 

Thomas Pynchon    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
thomas-pynchon

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=111806203 - August 12? 2009

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jul/21/shopping.thomaspynchon

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/may/05/artsfeatures.fiction

Norton Juster    USA

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/
the-phantom-tollbooth-norton-juster-1961

Tobias Wolff    USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/25/
tobias-wolff-edinburgh-book-festival

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/19/
fiction2

Patrick McGrath    UK

The Guardian    Weekend    p. 3    Saturday September 3, 2005

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/03/
fiction.features

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/03/
fiction.features 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/aug/21/
fiction.features2

William Woodard Self    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
willself 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/02/
will-self-novel-dead-literary-fiction

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/
books/umbrella-by-will-self.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/05/
will-self-umbrella-booker-interview

Kiran Desai    India

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/05/
immigration.eu 

Jonathan Earl Franzen    USA

http://www.theguardian.com/books/
jonathan-franzen

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/07/
featuresreviews.guardianreview2 

William McGuire "Bill" Bryson    USA

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/sep/02/
billbryson.biography 

Mark Haddon    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/13/
mark.haddon  

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/may/29/
hayfestival2006.hayfestival 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/apr/11/
booksforchildrenandteenagers.features3

Alan Bennett    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/
alanbennett 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/sep/27/
alan-bennetts-diaries-trailer-adam-low-video

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/may/25/
enjoy-alan-bennett-review-revival-lacks-punch

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/may/06/
alan-bennett-edward-snowden-nsa

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/
johann-hari-alan-bennett-and-the-question-of-innocence-1828408.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/nov/18/
alan-bennett-the-habit-of-art

Kathy O'Beirne    Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/23/books.booksnews 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/20/booksnews.ireland 

Margaret Drabble    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
margaret-drabble 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/02/
margaret-drabble-novelist

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/dec/27/
waste-recycling

Bret Easton Ellis    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
breteastonellis

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/14/
bret-easton-ellis-james-and-the-giant-peach-changed-my-life-the-shards

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/13/
bret-easton-ellis-gay-criticism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2010/jul/26/
bret-easton-ellis-guardian-book-club

James Ellroy    USA

The Guardian        G2        p. 16        16 March 2006

https://www.theguardian.com/books/jamesellroy

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/12/james.ellroy

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/10/
james-ellroy-alcoholics-anonymous-hollywood-death-trip-interview

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/20/
1007785389/widespread-panic-might-be-the-most-ellroy-book-
james-ellroy-has-ever-written

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/may/18/
destination-morgue-james-ellroy-los-angeles-crime-scene-secrets-in-pictures

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/09/james-ellroy-david-peace-conversation

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jun/28/news

Armistead Maupin    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/sep/14/
fiction.armisteadmaupin

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/13/
armistead.maupin

Joyce Carol Oates    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
joyce-carol-oates

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/21/
babysitter-by-joyce-carol-oates-review-risk-taking-and-unforgettable

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/29/
hazards-of-time-travel-by-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/11/
a-book-of-american-martyrs-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/21/
the-man-without-a-shadow-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/12/
the-sacrifice-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/31/
carthage-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/12/
carthage-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/27/
corn-maiden-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/14/
joyce-carol-oates-portrait-artist

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/19/
widows-story-joyce-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/06/
widows-story-carol-oates-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/29/
a-fair-maiden

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/apr/09/
fiction.reviews1

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/apr/01/
fiction.film

Don DeLillo    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
dondelillo

Ben Okri    Nigeria

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
benokri

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/
books/ben-okri.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/dec/27/
revisited-britains-rich-history-of-black-literature-
podcast - Guardian podcast

 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/12/
benokri

Irvine Welsh    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
irvinewelsh

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/02/
trainspotting-author-irvine-welsh-book-choose-life-young-people

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/03/
irvine-welsh-interview-blade-artist-trainspotting-porno-begbie

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/15/
irvine-welsh-writer-trainspotting-skagboys

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/20/
theatre.stage 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/apr/07/
fiction.irvinewelsh 

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/oct/20/
penal.crime 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/22/
books.edinburghbookfestival2001

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1993/aug/15/
featuresreview.review

Mary Higgins Clark    USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/18/
571579641/prolific-suspense-writer-mary-higgins-clark-turns-90-on-christmas-eve

Edward Bond    UK

Wole Soyinka    Nigeria

https://www.theguardian.com/books/wolesoyinka

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/11/wolesoyinka

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/
books/review/wole-soyinka-chronicles-novel.html

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/13/
wole-soyinka-uganda-election-africa

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/06/
wole-soyinka-protests-imprisonment-of-nigerian-humanist-mubarak-bala

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/29/
wole-soyinka-interview-nigeria-corruption-goodluck-jonathan

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/12/
wole-soyinka-nigeria-needs-new-leaders-tackle-boko-haram

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/11/
wolesoyinka

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jun/29/
internationaleducationnews.highereducation 

Sir V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul    Trinidad, UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/13/
biography.features 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/sep/01/
fiction.reviews1

John Irving    USA

Grappling with life

John Irving

Raised in New Hampshire,

his early passions were writing and wrestling.

One of the few successful practitioners

of the big, multi-layered novel – Dickens is his inspiration –

he has scrutinised America's 'vast issues'

through the prism of his own complex history.

Recent revelations about his long-estranged father

have added poignancy to his latest work.

Interview by Nicholas Wroe

The Guardian > Review        pp. 12-13

13 August 2005

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/aug/13/fiction.johnirving

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/
books/review/kevin-wilson-perfect-little-world.html

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/03/
453986815/john-irving-always-knows-where-hes-going

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/
books/review-in-john-irvings-avenue-of-mysteries-
a-blur-of-aphorisms-and-magical-events.html

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/13/
john.irving

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/aug/13/
fiction.johnirving

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/aug/20/
fiction.johnirving

John Maxwell Coetzee    South Africa, Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
J._M._Coetzee

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
jmcoetzee

https://www.nytimes.com/article/
jm-coetzee-best-books.html - September 19, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jul/28/
life-and-times-of-michael-k-review-black-box-theatre-galway

https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/
122449987/an-unsparing-look-at-a-writer-named-coetzee

https://www.npr.org/2003/10/02/
1452979/nobel-prize-literature-winner-j-m-coetzee

Paul Auster    USA    1947-2024

Auster at home in Brooklyn, New York in 1988

Photograph: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images

Paul Auster – a life in pictures

Paul Auster, the author of 34 books

including the acclaimed New York Trilogy,

has died aged 77.

Auster became known for his ‘highly stylised,

quirkily riddlesome postmodernist fiction

in which narrators are rarely other than unreliable

and the bedrock of plot is continually shifting’,

the novelist Joyce Carol Oates wrote in 2010

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paul-auster

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/10/
paulauster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Paul_Auster

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/02/
paul-auster-jonathan-lethem-tribute-author

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/
getting-a-book-idea-feels-like-a-buzz-in-the-head-paul-auster-a-life-in-quotes

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/
brooklyns-bard-paul-austers-tricksy-fiction-captivated-a-generation

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/
a-literary-voice-for-the-ages-
paul-auster-remembered-by-ian-mcewan-joyce-carol-oates-and-more

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/
paul-auster-dies-aged-77-death-american-author-new-york-trilogy

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/
1212212960/paul-auster-dead

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/
books/review/paul-auster-appreciation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/
books/paul-auster-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/18/
paul-auster-on-cancer-connection-and-the-fallacy-of-closure

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/15/
paul-auster-right-own-gun-us-bloodbath-nation-interview

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/
style/daniel-auster-life-death.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/
books/review/paul-auster-by-the-book.html

https://www.npr.org/2013/12/15/
250022407/a-personal-report-from-the-interior-of-author-paul-auster

https://www.npr.org/2012/08/23/
159915958/paul-auster-s-journal-of-his-body

https://www.npr.org/2010/11/10/
131196031/paul-auster-tackles-homelessness-and-broken-hearts

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/
opinion/23auster.html

https://www.npr.org/templates/
story/story.php?storyId=5156266 - July 15, 2006

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/nov/12/
fiction.shopping 

https://www.npr.org/templates/
story/story.php?storyId=4244994 - December 25, 2004

Benjamin Zephaniah    Jamaica, UK    1958-2023

Zephaniah aged 21

Photograph: Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah – a life in pictures

Beloved poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah has died aged 65.

Here are the snapshots of his life

– from his early years as a dub poet to his screen roles and activism

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2023/dec/07/
benjamin-zephaniah-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
benjamin-zephaniah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Benjamin_Zephaniah

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/28/
benjamin-zephaniah-laid-to-rest-in-private-funeral

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/
benjamin-zephaniah-death-brilliant-life-progressive-views

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/
benjamin-zephaniah-for-him-poetry-was-all-about-communication

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/dec/07/
revisited-a-conversation-with-benjamin-zephaniah-
podcast - 2020 Guardian podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2023/dec/07/
benjamin-zephaniah-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/
a-sandy-place-a-recipe-for-a-nation-and-a-christmas-plea-
three-poems-by-benjamin-zephaniah

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/
a-hero-to-millions-
benjamin-zephaniah-remembered-michael-rosen-kae-tempest-and-more

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/
british-poet-benjamin-zephaniah-dies-aged-65

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jul/15/
in-conversation-with-benjamin-zephaniah-and-george-the-poet-pocast

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/07/
benjamin-zephaniah-coppers-were-standing-on-my-back-
and-i-thought-ok-im-going-to-die-here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/oct/01/
benjamin-zephaniah-poetry-video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/21/
benjamin-zephaniah-interview

A.S. Byatt    UK    1936-2023

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/asbyatt

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/a-s-byatt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
A._S._Byatt

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/17/
as-byatt-dame-antonia-byatt-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/17/
as-byatt-a-life-defined-by-literature

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/17/
as-byatt-author-and-critic-dies-aged-87

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/27/
the-shepherds-crown-terry-pratchett-review-discworld

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/europe/
10byatt.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/jun/18/
book-club-possession-as-byatt

Cormac McCarthy    USA    1933-2023

Martin Amis    UK    1948-2023

Russell Earl Banks    USA    1940-2023

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/
russell-banks

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/10/
1148071365/russell-banks-dies-continental-drift-cloudsplitter

Raymond Redvers Briggs    UK    1934-2022

Raymond Briggs in 1980,

two years after publication of The Snowman.

Photograph: ANL/Rex/Shutterstock

‘We’ll still be watching in 50 years’:

how Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman changed Christmas

G

Wed 10 Aug 2022    12.09 BST

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/10/
well-still-be-watching-in-50-years-how-raymond-briggss-the-snowman-changed-christmas

children’s author

whose cheeky illustrations

dignified workaday British life

and an audacious

breadth of emotions,

most prominently

in the wordless escapades

of “The Snowman,”

(...)

By piling up

square and rectangular frames

like toy blocks,

Mr. Briggs helped bring

the visual language

of comic books

to children’s stories.

The technique allowed him

to cram action onto a page

before delighting

or shocking a reader

with a large canvas

— two new friends

soaring over an English palace,

or five warplanes

ominously approaching.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/
books/raymond-briggs-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
raymond-briggs

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/10/
raymond-briggs-remembered-
he-made-what-he-did-look-easy-which-is-of-course-what-geniuses-do

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/10/
well-still-be-watching-in-50-years-how-raymond-briggss-
the-snowman-changed-christmas

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2022/aug/10/
the-snowman-the-bogeyman-and-father-christmas-
the-world-of-raymond-briggs-author-illustrator-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/10/
snowman-author-raymond-briggs-dies-aged-88

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/
books/raymond-briggs-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/12/
time-for-lights-out-raymond-briggs-review

Hilary Mary Mantel    UK    1952-2022

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
hilary-mantel

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/22/
my-last-words-to-her-were-i-wont-be-long-hilary-mantel-husband-
on-her-last-days-and-the-novel-she-left-behind

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/10/
obituaries-2022-hilary-mantel-remembered-by-ben-miles

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/
dame-hilary-mantel-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/
hilary-mantel-her-10-greatest-books

Shirley Hughes    UK    1927-2022

Hughes working at home in 2011

Photograph: Martin Godwin

The Guardian

Toddlers, kites and dogs

– the world of Shirley Hughes in pictures

The author and illustrator of beloved picture books

Dogger and Alfie Gets in First

has died aged 94

G

Thu 3 Mar 2022    12.23 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2022/mar/03/
toddlers-kites-and-dogs-the-world-of-shirley-hughes-in-pictures

An illustration from Ruby in the Ruins, 2018

Photograph: © Shirley Hughes

Walker Books

Toddlers, kites and dogs

– the world of Shirley Hughes in pictures

The author and illustrator of beloved picture books

Dogger and Alfie Gets in First

has died aged 94

G

Thu 3 Mar 2022    12.23 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2022/mar/03/
toddlers-kites-and-dogs-the-world-of-shirley-hughes-in-pictures

Prolific author and illustrator

whose affectionate

image of childhood

has been instantly recognisable

for more than 60 years

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/02/
shirley-hughes-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2022/mar/03/
toddlers-kites-and-dogs-the-world-of-shirley-hughes-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/02/
shirley-hughes-obituary

Joan Didion    USA    1934-2021

Gloria Jean Watkins    USA    1952-2021

better known by her pen name

bell hooks

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/
1064509418/bell-hooks-feminist-author-critic-activist-died

Anne Rice    USA    1941-2021

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
annerice 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/24/
anne-rice-catholic-church-rejection-vampire

Jill Murphy    UK    1949-2021

children’s author and illustrator

The writer was best known

for the much-loved picture book

Peace at Last

and the Worst Witch

series of novels

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/
jill-murphy-childrens-author-and-illustrator-dies-aged-72

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2021/aug/24/
a-life-well-drawn-illustrations-by-jill-murphy-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/
jill-murphy-childrens-author-and-illustrator-dies-aged-72

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/25/
jill-murphy-worst-witch-career-classic-children-author

Eric Carle    USA    1929-2021

Eric Carle's picture books

were often about insects.

Spiders, lady bugs, crickets

and of course,

that famous caterpillar,

all as colorful and friendly

as Carle himself.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

— probably Carle's

best-known work —

came out in 1969

and became one of the bestselling

children's books of all time.

(...)

Over the course of his career,

Carle illustrated

more than 70 books for kids.

He didn't get started on that path

until he was nearly 40,

but he found great inspiration

in his own childhood.

Born in Syracuse, N.Y.,

Carle remembered an early life

filled with art, light

and walking through nature

holding his father's hand.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/
970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/
1001441767/opinion-eric-carle-brought-light-and-color-to-our-lives

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/
970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

Joan May Walsh    USA    1926-2021

her children’s books

touched millions

Her first in a prolific career,

“A Friend Is Someone

Who Likes You,”

was a phenomenon.

And her illustrations

capturing childhood

became a cottage industry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/
books/joan-walsh-anglund-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/
books/joan-walsh-anglund-dead.html

Beverly Atlee Bunn    USA    1916-2021

Beloved Children’s Book Author

Her funny stories

about Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy,

the sisters Ramona and Beezus Quimby,

and a motorcycling mouse named Ralph

never talked down to readers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/
books/beverly-cleary-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/
311881785/beverly-cleary-creator-of-ramona-quimby-dies-at-104

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/
books/beverly-cleary-dead.html

Larry Jeff McMurtry    USA    1936-2021

novelist of the American West

In “Lonesome Dove,”

“The Last Picture Show”

and dozens more novels and screenplays,

he offered unromantic depictions

of a long mythologized region.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/
books/larry-mcmurtry-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/
books/larry-mcmurtry-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/
981592425/larry-mcmurtry-novelist-and-screenwriter-of-the-west-
has-died-at-age-84

John Le Carré    UK    1931-2020

pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell

'I do give a damn'

After years of writing superior spy thrillers,

author David Cornwell, aka John Le Carré,

has evolved into an impassioned political commentator.

The film of his novel The Constant Gardener

- which opens this year's London film festival -

is a searing indictment of Britain's recent record in Africa.

In a rare interview,

he talks to Stuart Jeffries about his 'radical period'

The Guardian    G2    pp. 10-11

Thursday October 6, 2005

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/06/
fiction.johnlecarre

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
johnlecarre

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2009/nov/01/
profile-john-le-carre

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/15/
the-secret-life-of-john-le-carre-by-adam-sisman-review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/01/
theres-never-a-dull-day-amid-my-fathers-words-
what-john-le-carres-letters-revealed-to-his-son

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/01/
second-john-le-carre-biography-to-reveal-secrets-held-back-
while-author-was-alive

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
books/john-le-carre-a-private-spy.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/08/
john-le-carre-letters-extracts-david-cornwell

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/08/
each-envelope-a-treasure-how-i-became-le-carres-friend-and-reader

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/09/
fintan-otoole-on-john-le-carres-final-twist-dying-as-an-irishman

https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2021/oct/09/
they-told-me-i-was-grown-up-enough-to-keep-a-secret-
exclusive-extract-from-silverview-john-le-carres-final-novel

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/09/
the-twists-and-turns-are-riveting-stephen-king-paula-hawkins-and-others-
on-their-favourite-le-carre

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/01/
john-le-carre-chronicler-of-englishness-died-irish-son-reveals

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/18/
le-carre-death-loss-public-figures-intimate-mourn-mourning

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/18/
john-le-carre-didnt-invent-the-spy-novel-
he-joined-a-tradition-and-made-it-new-again

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/
books/john-le-carre-critics-appraisal.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/14/
john-le-carre-remembered-margaret-atwood-john-banville-ian-rankin

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/14/
john-le-carre-on-film-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/dec/14/
john-le-carre-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/14/
john-le-carre-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/13/
john-le-carre-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-dies-aged-89

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/
books/john-le-carre-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/11/
john-le-carre-truth-was-what-you-got-away-with

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/05/
john-le-carre-eric-hobsbawm-tinker-tailor-marxist-academic

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/10/
john-le-carre-agent-running-in-the-field

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/22/
john-le-carre-letter-british-politics

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/05/
547992458/in-a-legacy-of-spies-john-le-carr-goes-back-out-in-the-cold

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/16/
john-le-carre-biography-own-story-adam-sisman

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/08/
the-pigeon-tunnel-john-le-carre-review-memoir-autobiography

https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2016/sep/03/
simon-russell-beale-reads-
from-john-le-carres-the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-video

http://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2016/sep/03/
hes-very-sexy-tom-hiddleston-simon-russell-beale-and-other-actors-on-le-carre

https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2016/sep/03/
damian-lewis-reads-john-le-carres-our-kind-of-traitor-video

https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2016/sep/03/
tinker-tailor-writer-spy-the-many-lives-of-john-le-carre-in-his-own-words

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/
john-le-carre-beaten-by-father-abandoned-by-mother-the-pigeon-tunnel-memoir

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/
books/review/john-le-carre-the-biography-and-frederick-forsyths-the-outsider.html

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/24/
john-le-carre-lefty-adam-sisman

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/
movies/john-le-carre-on-philip-seymour-hoffman.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/
magazine/john-le-carre-has-not-mellowed-with-age.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/19/
delicate-truth-le-carre-review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/12/
john-le-carre-spy-anniversary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/12/
salman-rushdie-john-le-carre

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/16/
le-carre-spy-spooks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/30/
john-le-carre-booker-honour

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/23/
john-le-carre-archive-bodleian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/06/fiction.johnlecarre 

https://www.npr.org/2005/08/26/
4817316/master-spy-storyteller-john-le-carre

https://www.npr.org/2005/07/27/
4773621/bringing-le-carres-constant-gardener-to-the-big-screen

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/13/
uselections2004.usa13

https://www.npr.org/2004/02/04/
1643439/le-carres-thriller-absolute-friends

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/oct/05/features2  

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/oct/05/features1

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/
99/03/21/specials/lecarre-thecold.html - January 12, 1964

Charles Robert Saunders    USA    1946-2020

Mr. Saunders began writing speculative fiction in the 1970s

and published his first novel, “Imaro,” in 1981.

Photograph via Taaq Kirksey

A Black Literary Trailblazer’s Solitary Death: Charles Saunders, 73

His speculative fiction was built on Black heroes and African themes.

He died alone and unrecognized, but friends are trying to make amends.

NYT

Published Jan. 21, 2021

Updated Jan. 22, 2021, 10:05 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/
books/charles-saunders-dead.html

foundational figure

in a literary genre known

as sword and soul.

(...)

Mr. Saunders reimagined

the white worlds

of Tarzan and Conan

with Black heroes

and African mythologies in books

that spoke especially to Black fans

eager for more fictional champions

with whom they could identify.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/
books/charles-saunders-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/
books/charles-saunders-dead.html

Diana Athill    UK    1917-2019

https://www.theguardian.com/books/
diana-athill 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/13/
diana-athill-memoirs-interview-tim-adams

Anya Christine Krugovoy    USA    1968-2018

poet who,

after receiving a diagnosis

of advanced breast cancer in 2004,

wrote lyrical verse that gave readers

an exquisite, intimate

and sometimes angry account

of her illness

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/
obituaries/anya-krugovoy-silver-poetic-voice-on-mortality-dies-at-49.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/
obituaries/anya-krugovoy-silver-poetic-voice-on-mortality-
dies-at-49.html

Donald Andrew Hall Jr.    USA    1928-2018

poet laureate of the United States

whose writing explored everything

from nature to mortality

to the toss of a baseball

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/24/
623033688/donald-hall-former-poet-laureate-dies-at-89

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/24/
623033688/donald-hall-former-poet-laureate-dies-at-89

Thomas Bernard Patrick Murphy    Ireland    1935-2018

influential Irish playwright

known for dark tales

told with a rustic musicality

(...)

Mr. Murphy

wrote dozens of plays

across a half-century.

Garry Hynes, artistic director

of Druid Theater Company,

which has produced

many of those plays,

said he ranks with Brian Friel

as one of Ireland’s

greatest contemporary playwrights,

though he was not

as well known internationally,

partly because he ventured

into more difficult emotional

terrain.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/
obituaries/tom-murphy-acclaimed-irish-playwright-is-dead-at-83.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/
obituaries/tom-murphy-acclaimed-irish-playwright-
is-dead-at-83.html

Tom Wolfe    USA    1931-2018

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/tom-wolfe

https://www.theguardian.com/books/tomwolfe

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/
books/review/tom-wolfe-cartoons.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/
style/tom-wolfe-style.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/15/
tom-wolfe-journalist-and-author-dies-aged-87

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2018/may/15/
tom-wolfe-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/
611309448/tom-wolfe-
writing-nonfiction-became-a-great-game-and-a-great-experiment

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/
471414238/tom-wolfe-best-selling-author-and-genre-breaking-journalist-
dies-at-87

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/
books/tom-wolfe-appraisal.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/
obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/
books/tom-wolfes-kingdom-of-speech-takes-aim-at-darwin-and-chomsky.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/14/
100-best-nonfiction-no-7-right-stuff-tom-wolfe

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/may/02/
tom-wolfe-electric-kool-aid-acid-test

https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/06/
specials/wolfe-bonfire.html

Ursula K. Le Guin    USA    1929-2018

 (born Ursula Kroeber)

immensely popular author

who brought literary depth

and a tough-minded

feminist sensibility

to science fiction and fantasy

with books like

“The Left Hand of Darkness”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/
obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/
obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-
is-dead-at-88.html

Julius Bernard Lester    USA    1939-2018

captivating and often polarizing

American writer whose odyssey

through a labyrinth

of religious and ethnic identities

caused him to be labeled

a militant black separatist

and a race traitor,

as well as an anti-Semite and,

after his conversion to Judaism,

a vociferous Zionist

(...)

A prolific author,

Mr. Lester had more

than four dozen books

for adults and children

to his credit.

He was also variously

a literary and cultural critic,

folklorist, photographer,

civil rights worker

and professional musician.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/
obituaries/julius-lester-chronicler-of-black-america-is-dead-at-79.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/
obituaries/julius-lester-chronicler-of-black-america-
is-dead-at-79.html

James Patrick Donleavy Jr.    USA    1926-2017

expatriate American author

whose 1955 novel

“The Ginger Man”

shook up the literary world

with its combination

of sexual frankness

and outrageous humor

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/
books/jp-donleavy-acclaimed-author-of-the-ginger-man-dies-at-91.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/
books/a-toast-for-j-p-donleavy.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/
books/jp-donleavy-acclaimed-author-of-the-ginger-man-dies-at-91.html

Donald Sutherland Bain    USA    1935-2017

pseudonymous author

of the “Murder, She Wrote” novels,

Margaret Truman’s

“Capital Crimes” mysteries

and “Coffee, Tea or Me?,”

the supposed memoir

of two saucy airline stewardesses

(...)

Although he had aspired

to a conspicuous role

as a broadcasting

personality or a musician,

Mr. Bain relished

writing incognito.

Over five decades

as a ghostwriter

he published novels,

biographies, westerns

and historical romances,

mostly under fictitious names

or credited to more

marketable bylines;

vanity memoirs attributed

to corporate executives;

and even long articles

disguised as excerpts

from nonexistent books.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/
obituaries/donald-bain-dead-widely-read-author-but-not-by-that-name.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/
obituaries/donald-bain-dead-
widely-read-author-but-not-by-that-name.html

John Ashbery    USA    1927-2017

poet whose teasing,

delicate, soulful lines

made him one

of the most influential figures

of late-20th and early-21st-century

American literature

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/
arts/john-ashbery-dead-prize-winning-poet.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/
opinion/john-ashbery-poet.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/
arts/john-ashbery-dead-prize-winning-poet.html

Brian Wilson Aldiss    UK    1925-2017

former bookseller

whose horrific childhood

and wartime exploits in Burma

kindled a fecund imagination

that animated scores of novels,

anthologies, memoirs

and short stories,

like the one that inspired

the Steven Spielberg

science fiction film “A.I.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/
books/brian-aldiss-author-of-science-fiction-and-much-more-dies-at-92.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/
books/brian-aldiss-author-of-science-fiction-and-much-more-
dies-at-92.html

John Henley Heathcote Williams    USA    1941-2017

poet, playwright, actor,

lyricist, painter,

sculptor, magician

and relentless scourge

of the British establishment

for half a century

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/
books/heathcote-williams-radical-british-poet-
who-helped-form-anarchist-nation-dies-at-75.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/
books/heathcote-williams-radical-british-poet-
who-helped-form-anarchist-nation-
dies-at-75.html

Edith Marion Marcombe    USA    1916-2017

an American poet whose work

was profoundly influenced

by the half-century

she spent in Japan

(...)

The author of nearly

two dozen volumes of poetry,

Ms. Shiffert was published

in The New Yorker and

— at midcentury,

when newspapers routinely

printed poems —

in The New York Times

and elsewhere.

She was also known

as a writer on,

and translator of,

Japanese poetry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/
arts/edith-shiffert-a-poet-inspired-by-nature-and-her-life-in-japan-dies-at-101.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/
arts/edith-shiffert-a-poet-inspired-by-nature-and-her-life-in-japan-
dies-at-101.html

William Melvin Kelley Jr.    USA    1937-2017

William Melvin Kelley

(...)

brought a fresh,

experimental voice

to black fiction

in novels and stories

that used recurring characters

to explore race relations

and racial identity

in the United States

(...)

Mr. Kelley

blended fantasy and fact

to construct

an alternative world

whose sweep and complexity

drew comparisons

to James Joyce

and William Faulkner.

Minor characters

in one story or novel

might appear later

as larger figures,

their stories elaborated

in greater detail

— and, in his later fiction,

in language that recalled

the linguistic experimentation

of Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/
books/william-melvin-kelley-who-explored-race-in-experimental-novels-is-dead-at-79.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/
books/william-melvin-kelley-who-explored-race-in-experimental-novels-
is-dead-at-79.html

Bette Howland / Bette Lee Sotonoff    USA    1937-2017

Bette Howland

(...)

wrote three well-regarded books

in the 1970s and early ’80s,

then faded from the literary scene

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/17/
obituaries/bette-howland-author-and-protege-of-bellows-dies-at-80.html

Howland’s career was short,

spectacular, perplexing.

She was a 37-year-old