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Lucia Bernard, Book Interior Designer at Penguin, Dies at 29
Bernard, a senior designer in the Penguin Black interior design department who worked on books by Lauren Groff, Ruth Ozeki, Ocean Vuong, and others died on November 18.
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John Storey, Founder of Storey Publishing, Dies
John Storey, one of the most respected indie publishers of his era, has died at 79. Storey founded Storey Publishing, now an imprint of Workman, with wife Martha in 1983.
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Obituary: Ellen Wittlinger
Ellen Wittlinger, whose YA novels have been praised for their depiction of memorable and realistic protagonists navigating provocative issues of adolescence, died on November 17 at 74.
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Carmen Callil, Founder of U.K.'s Virago, Dead at 84
Carmen Callil, who started the U.K. publishing house Virago in 1973 as a home for women authors and became an important figure in U.K. publishing, died October 17.
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Obituary: Jill Pinkwater
Author and illustrator Jill Pinkwater, best known for the humorous line drawings she created for many quirky chapter and picture books by her husband Daniel, died peacefully in Rhinebeck, N.Y. on October 4. She was 81.
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Obituary: Marybeth Peters, Former Register of Copyrights
Marybeth Peters, who served as the U.S. Register of Copyrights from 1994 to 2010, died on September 29. She was 83.
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Obituary: Mark LaFramboise, Chief Book Buyer at Politics & Prose
LaFramboise, who served as chief book buyer at the Washington, D.C., independent bookstore for more than a decade, has died at age 60.
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Two-Time Booker Winner Hilary Mantel Dies at 70
Mantel, whose bestselling trilogy on the life of Thomas Cromwell earned her critical acclaim and three bestsellers, died on September 22.
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Joan Didion Remembered at St. John the Divine
On September 21, hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to celebrate the life and work of writer Joan Didion, who died on December 23, 2021, at the age of 87.
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Obituary: Joan Fusco
Joan Fusco, former manager of remainders and overstock at Abrams, died on September 14 following a debilitating stroke. She was 83.
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Diane Noomin, Noted Feminist Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 75
The groundbreaking comics creator, who joined with other women to bring feminist voices and women’s issues to the Underground Comix movement of the early 1970s, died on September 1 at her home in Connecticut.
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Clarence C. Strowbridge, Former Dover President, Dies at 89
Strowbridge joined Dover Publications in 1959, and was named president in 2000. He died on August 5.
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Albert Whitman's Joseph Campbell Dies at 52
Albert Whitman business director Joseph Campbell, who spent his entire career at the children's publishing house, died on August 5. He was 52.
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Writer Michael Malone, 80, Dies of Pancreatic Cancer
Novelist and television script writer Michael Malone, 80, died of pancreatic cancer on August 19. Malone was one of the first established writers to be published under the Sourcebooks Landmark imprint launched in 2001.
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Novelist Elana Dykewomon Dies at 72
Dykewomon, who died on August 7, won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction for her 1997 novel 'Beyond the Pale.'
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Obituary: Christopher Foyle
Christopher Foyle, former chairman of Foyles bookshops in the U.K., has died at the age of 79. He had been suffering from leukemia.
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Antique Collectors Club Cofounder Diana Steel Dies at 82
Diana Steel, cofounder of the U.K.-based art book publisher Antique Collectors Club, died August 3 in Woodbridge, England. She was 82.
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Obituary: Jeanne Steig
Children's author and multimedia visual artist Jeanne Steig, known for her witty retellings of fairy tales and myths, most of them illustrated by her late husband, celebrated cartoonist and author William Steig, has died at 92.
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Robert Scudellari, Random House Art Director, Dies at 88
Robert Scudellari, who served as corporate art director at Random House in the 1970s and '80s, died on June 3. He was 88.
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Publishing Executive Marvin Brown Dies at 87
Over his 30-plus-year career in publishing, Brown held executive roles at Atheneum, New American Library, Viking Penguin, and Penguin USA.
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