Valarie Boyd, 58, author of Wrapped in Rainbows and editor of the forthcoming Gathering Blossoms Under Fire by Alice Walker (to be published by Simon & Schuster on April 12), died on February 12. She was working on an anthology titled Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic. Dana Canedy, svp and publisher of Simon & Schuster said, “We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Valerie Boyd. Boyd was a tremendous talent who touched so many with her generous spirit and deep commitment to storytelling.”