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Gregory Rogers, 1957-2013
Australian author and illustrator Gregory Rogers died of stomach cancer in Brisbane on May 1. He was 55.
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Obituary: John A. Ware
John A. Ware, president of John A. Ware Literary Agency, died April 27 at age 71. He launched his literary agency in 1978 after working as an agent at Curtis Brown, preceded by eight years as an editor at Doubleday, where he was first to publish Tracy Kidder.
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MacAdam Cage Founder David Poindexter Dies
David Poindexter, founder of the San Francisco independent publishing house MacAdam Cage, died Monday after a bout with cancer.
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Fredrick L. McKissack, 1939–2013
Fredrick L. McKissack, who with his wife and partner Patricia created more than 100 books illuminating aspects of the African-American experience, died of heart failure on April 28.
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Obituary: Greg Euson
Greg Euson, who worked in publishing for almost 40 years at Random House, Houghton Mifflin, NTC Contemporary and McGraw-Hill, died last week at 61.
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E.L. Konigsburg, 1930–2013
Esteemed children's author E.L. Konigsburg, a two-time winner of the Newbery Medal, died on Friday at age 83.
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Memorial Service Set for Ash Green
A memorial service for longtime Knopf vice president and senior editor Ash Green will be held in New York at Cooper Union on Thursday, April 25 at 5:00 pm in the Great Hall.
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Obituary: Melvin Weiner
Melvin Weiner, sales manager at Sellers Publishing since 1994, died on April 8 at the age of 63.
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Obituary: Marilyn Abel Dies at 74
The longtime executive director of the Educational Book and Media Association, died on April 5 following a brief illness. She was 74 years old.
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Peter Workman Dies at Age 74
Peter Workman, who founded Workman Publishing in 1967 as a book packager and turned it into one of the country’s most successful independent publishers, died April 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 74.
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Obituary: David Naylor
An architectural historian, author of numerous books, and a consultant on America’s grand picture palaces, David Naylor died February 22 in Del Ray Beach, Florida, at age 57.
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Obituary: Truman 'Mac' Talley
Truman "Mac" Talley died on March 15 at the age of 88. Talley established his own imprint, Truman Talley Books, in 1980.
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Obituary: Lothar Simon
Lothar Simon, whose long publishing career included ownership of Sheridan House, died March 12 at the age of 74.
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Obituary: Paul Orange
Paul Orange, senior sales representative for Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. passed away on Sunday, February 17.
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Obituary: Mark Linz
Werner Mark Linz, founder of Continuum and director of American University in Cairo Press for more than 25 years, died February 9. Linz also held positions with McGraw-Hill and Seabury Press.
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Obituary: George Lovitt
George Lovitt, a publishing and advertising veteran of nearly 40 years, died February 6 at the age of 90. Lovitt began his publishing career in the late 1940s as a member of John Wiley & Sons.
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Obituary: Jon Beckmann, Former Sierra Club Books Publisher, Dead at 76
Jon Beckmann, the publisher of Sierra Club Books from 1973 to 1994, died on January 9, 2013 in Northern California. He was 76.
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Obituary: Nina Ignatowicz
Children's book editor Nina Ignatowicz died on January 19. She was 75. Ignatowicz began her career in children's books in 1961, when she was hired by Susan Hirschman to be the receptionist for Harper Junior Books.
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Obituary: Jan Ormerod
Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January 23 after a long illness. She was 67.
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Aaron Frisch, Editor and Author, Dies at 37
Funeral services were held in Minnesota on Saturday morning for children's and YA book author Aaron Frisch, 37, who died tragically and unexpectedly on January 7.
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