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Renowned author Robert Jordan, also famous for his fantasy series 'Wheel of Time' has died at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston of complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, a rare blood disease. James Oliver...

Magdalen Nabb, a crime fiction author died at the mere age of sixty this Tuesday. Nabb, who had a quirky Italian investigator in all her novels died of a stroke in Florence, Italy. Nabb was a fan of Belgian author Georges Simenon, who also wrote crime.

Madeleine L'Engle, the well known author has died at the age of 88. She breathed her last at a nursing home in Litchfield and as per her publicity manager the death was natural. The author has written more then 60 books, which include from poetry to...

Lloyd Alexander, a well known figure in the world of children's literature has died due to cancer. He was 83. Alexander died at his home. He has authored some forty books, most of which are fantasy novels. The Chronicles of Prydain has been his most...

David Halberstam, the author who won Pulitzer Prize for his reports on the war was killed in a car crash yesterday. He was 73. Halberstam was a passenger in a car that was broadsided by another vehicle. The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m., in Menlo.

Kurt Vonnegut, one of the best selling satirical novelists died after suffering brain injuries due to a fall at his Manhattan house some weeks ago. Kurt as an author was basically a social critic and he enjoyed his role. He had authored almost nineteen...

Cartoonist Johnny Hart has died at the age of 76 due to a stroke. His B.C. comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide and won him many awards. Hart is survived by his wife, Bobby and two daughters, Patti and Perri. B.C. was...