MAYA ANGELOU: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014: age: 86: heart failure: known for her memoir "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
THOMAS BERGER: July 20, 1924 - July 13, 2014: age: 89: natural causes: known for his novel "Little Big Man"
NORMAN BRIDWELL: February 15, 1928 - December 12, 2014: age: 86: prostate cancer: known for his series "Clifford the Red Dog"
NADINE GORDIMER: November 20, 1923 - July 13, 2014: age: 90: natural causes: known for her novel "The Pickup"
KENT HARUF: February 24, 1943 - November 30, 2014: age: 71: lung disease: known for his novel "Plain Song"
P. D. JAMES: August 3, 1920 - November 27, 2014: age: 94: natural causes: known for her mysteries such as "Original Sin"
DANIEL KEYES: August 9, 1927 - June 15, 2014: Age: 86: pneumonia: known for his best seller "Flowers for Algernon"
BILLIE LETTS: May 30, 1938 - August 2, 2014: age: 76: pneumonia: known for her novel "Where the Heart Is"
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ: March 6, 1927 - April 17, 2014: age: 87: pneumonia: known for his novel "100 Years of Solitude"
WALTER DEAN MYERS: August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014: age: pneumonia: known for his young adult books such as "Fallen Angels"
ROBERT D. SAN SOUCI: October 10, 1946 - December 19, 2014: age: 68: results of a fall: known for his children's book "The Talking Eggs"
SUE TOWNSEND: April 2, 1946 - April 10, 2014: age: 68: stroke: known for her children's series "Adrian Mole"
