RIP Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
“Simply put, it is the end of an era. Ray was more than just an author, more than just a Grand Master. He was one of the pillars of our community.” ~John Scalzi, SFWA President
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In Memoriam: K. D. Wentworth
Oklahoma author K. D. Wentworth (b.1951) died on April 18 of complications from cancer and pneumonia. Wentworth began her career winning the Writers of the Future Contest in 1989 with her short story “Daddy’s Girls.”
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In Memoriam: Mark Bourne
Author Mark Bourne, 50, died Saturday February 25, 2012.
His short fiction appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, and numerous anthologies.
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In Memoriam: Ardath Mayhar
Ardath Mayhar (1930-2012) died on February 1. Mayhar began writing science fiction in 1979, although she had been publishing poetry since 1949.
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RIP: Martin H. Greenberg 1941-2011
Martin Harry Greenberg (b. March 1, 1941) died on the morning of June 25, 2011 after a long battle with cancer.
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In Memoriam: Joel Rosenberg
Joel Rosenberg (b.1954) died on the evening of June 2, a day after suffering a respiratory depression that caused a
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In Memoriam: Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ (b.1937) died on April 29, 2011, two days after entering hospice. Russ was admitted to hospice following a
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In Memoriam: Diana Wynne Jones
British author Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) died on March 26 after being diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-2009. Jones is
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In Memoriam: W.J. Maryson
Dutch author W.J. Maryson (1950-2011) died on March 9 after being taken to the hospital suffering from heart problems. Maryson, who
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In Memoriam: Brian Jacques
British author Brian Jacques (b.June 15, 1939) died on February 5, 2011 following emergency surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Jacques published his juvenile novel Redwall, about a collection of anthropomorphic mice, badgers, voles, and other creatures, in 1986.
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Volunteer Glenn Lewis Gillette
Glenn Lewis Gillette (b.1946) died on Nov. 1 after a year-long battle with cancer.
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In Memoriam: Edwin Charles (E. C.) Tubb
Edwin Charles (E. C.) Tubb (b. 1919) died on September 10. Tubb was born in London and began publishing in 1951 with the short story “No Short Cuts” in New Worlds.