Southern cookbook author Nathalie Dupree, 85, died on Monday in Raleigh, NC. Dupree was the author of 15 cookbooks and hosted, including New Southern Cooking, and hosted more than 300 television episodes.
Obits
Obituary: Peter Bolza
Hungarian literary agent Peter Bolza, 63, died on January 11 of “a very rapid and serious illness,” according to his wife, Ágnes Füle. Founded in 1995, Kátai & Bolza is the largest literary agency in Hungary.
Obituary: Andrew Pyper
Andrew Pyper, 56, thriller writer and author of Lost Girls, died on January 4 of complications from cancer. He was also the author of The Demonologist, The Damned, The Only Child, and more.
Obituary: MJ Rose
Our community lost another generous and innovative stalwart, as bestselling author, independent publisher, book marketer and tireless author advocate and friend M. J. Rose (Melisse Shapiro) died suddenly and unexpectedly on Wednesday. Rose wrote 21 books, including The Reincarnationist, which was adapted into a TV show. She was also a co-founder of International Thriller Writers; founded and ran book marketing service AuthorBuzz.com; and was a co-founder with Liz Berry (later joined by business partner Jillian Stein) of 1001 Dark Nights and its imprint Blue Box Press. Shapiro helped countless authors promote their books, develop their careers, and navigate the mysteries […]
Obituary: Nikki Giovanni
Poet, activist, and children’s author Nikki Giovanni, 81, died on December 9 in Blacksburg, VA. Giovanni’s first two books, Black Feeling Black Talk and Black Judgment, were self-published in 1968, and she went on to author more than 30 books. She served as a professor at Virginia Tech and was the recipient of seven N.A.A.C.P. awards and 31 honorary doctorates.
Obituaries: Barbara Taylor Bradford, and NYT on Mike Shatzkin
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, 91, died at home on November 24 following a short illness. In 1979 she published A Woman of Substance, which remained on the New York Times bestsellers list for 43 weeks. According to a release, she wrote a total of 40 novels, which have sold more than 91 million copies around the world. Jennifer Enderlin, president and publisher of St. Martin’s Press, which published Bradford’s novels in the US, said: “[Bradford] was a legend in so many ways, but chief among them was her utmost professionalism and dedication to her craft. She never missed a deadline and […]