Jean Dunn, on behalf of some former colleagues, writes: ‘Peter Jones, the long-time production manager of Melbourne University Press, has died at the age of 79. He was loved and...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam has died in a car accident. Halberstam was renowned for books on the Vietnam war including The Making of a Quagmire (McGraw-Hill) and...

American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, a hero of the 1970s counter-culture, best known for his anti-war novel Slaughterhouse Five (Vintage), has died of brain injuries after a fall in his Manhattan...

Allen & Unwin writes: we recently received the sad news that Faber author Michael Dibdin died in Seattle on Friday 30 March after a short illness. He was a much-loved...

Millennium House writes: ‘It is with the saddest of hearts that Gordon Cheers advises that Margaret Olds, after having spent many weeks in hospital, has passed away after a prolonged...

Margrete Lamond, publisher at Little Hare Books, writes: ‘It is with great sadness that Little Hare Books joins John Winch's family, the children's book world and the wider artist community...

French philosopher and postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard has died at the age of 77. A fierce critic of modern consumer culture, Baudrillard published more than 30 books expounding his theories...

Professor David Myers, publisher of Central Queensland University Press imprint Outback Books, has died from complications related to his battle with a brain tumour. CQU Vice-Chancellor Professor John Rickard writes:...

Pan Macmillan writes: ‘Billy was not just one of the country's rock 'n' roll legends, he was also a very successful author. His two books Sex and Thugs and Rock...

American historian and author Arthur Schlesinger has died from a heart attack, aged 89.An influential liberal voice in US politics, Schlesinger once served as special assistant in the Kennedy White...

Joseph Low, an American children's book illustrator best known for his 1981 Caldecott honor book Mice Twice (S&S), has died at the age of 95. Low also created illustrations for...

Working Title Press writes: ‘Sue Williams, the co-founder of Omnibus Books and Working Title Press, children's author, publisher, designer and art director extraordinaire, died peacefully on Sunday 4 February after...

Bestselling author Sidney Sheldon has died from complications arising from pneumonia, aged 89. Sheldon first achieved success as a Broadway playwright and Hollywood scriptwriter before turning his attention to novels,...

American newspaper columnist, political commentator and author Molly Ivins has died of breast cancer, aged 62. Ivins turned ‘Bush-bashing' into an artform with books such as Shrub: The Short But...

Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski has died of cancer at the age of 73. As the Polish Press Agency's sole foreign correspondent during the 1960s and 70s, Kapuscinski travelled...

Children's book author and editor Ann Philippa Pearce has died of a stroke at the age of 86. Pearce produced more than 30 children's books during her career, including the...

American sci-fi writer, futurist, counter-culture commentator and conspiracy theorist Robert Anton Wilson has died, aged 75. Best-known for the ‘Illuminati' series (co-authored with Robert Shea, New Falcon Publications), which combined...

Pat Woolley, director of Wild & Woolley and Fast Books, writes: ‘Reverend Vernon Turner, OAM, the director of Sydney's Christian radio station FM103.2, died recently after several years of ill...

American academic and author Jack Williamson, whose career as a pulp SF novelist spanned more than 75 years, has died at the age of 98. Williamson began writing in the...