RUSSELL BAKER: August 14, 1925 - January 21, 2019: age: 93: complications from a fall: known for his memoir "Growing Up"
HAROLD BLOOM: July 11, 1930 - October 14, 2019: age: 89: natural causes: known for his non-fiction book "How to Read and Why"
DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK: September 12, 1951 - September 2, 2019: age: 67: cancer: known for her novel "Sulliavn's Island"
ERNEST J. GAINES: January 15, 1933 - November 5, 2019: age: 86: natural causes: known for his novel "A Lesson Before Dying"
JUDITH KERR: June 14, 1923 - May 22, 2019: age: 95: natural causes: known for her children's book "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit"
JUDITH KRANTZ: January 9, 1928 - June 22, 2019: age: 91: natural causes: known for her romances such as "Scruples"
LUCETTE LAGNADO: September 19, 1956 - July 10, 2019: age: 62: complications from cancer treatments: known for her memoir "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit"
ANDREA LEVY: March 7, 1956 - February 14, 2019: age 62: breast cancer: known for her novel "Small Island"
JOANNA LINDSEY: March 10, 1952 - October 27, 2019: age: 67: lung cancer: known for her romances such as "Tender Rebel"
TONI MORRISON: February 18, 1931 - August 5, 2019: age: 88: pneumonia: known for her novel "Beloved" and many more
ROSAMUNDE PILCHER: September 22, 1924 - February 6, 2019: age: 94: stroke: known for her novel "The Shell Seekers"
COKIE ROBERTS; December 27, 1943 - September 17, 2019: age: 75: breast cancer: known for her nonfiction book "Founding Mothers"
MARJORIE W. SHARMAT: November 12, 1928 - March 12, 2019: age: 90: natural causes: known for her children's series "Nate the Great"
ANNE RIVERS SIDDONS: January 9, 1936 - September 11, 2019: age: 83: lung cancer: known for her novel "Sweetwater Creek"
HERMAN WOUK: May 27, 1915 - May 17, 2019: age: 103: natural causes: known for his novel "The Caine Mutiny"
