MICHAEL BOND: January 13, 1926 - June 27, 2017: age: 91: natural causes: known for his children's book "A Bear Called Paddington"
WILLIAM PETER BLATTY: January 7, 1928 - January 12, 2017: age: 89: myeloma cancer: known for his book "The Exorcist"
PAULA FOX: April 22, 1923 - March 1, 2017: age: 93: natural causes: known for her children's book "One Eyed Cat"
SUE GRAFTON: April 24, 1940 - December 28, 2017: age: 77: appendix cancer: known for her alphabet mysteries such as "A for Alibi"
DENIS JOHNSON: July 1, 1949 - May 24, 2017: age: 67: liver cancer: known for his novel "Tree of Smoke"
ROBERT M. PIRSIG: September 6, 1928 - April 24, 2017: age: 88: natural causes: known for the non-fiction book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
SAM SHEPARD: November 5, 1943 - July 27, 2017: age: 73: ALS: known for many plays including "Buried Child"
ROBERT JAMES WALLER: August 1, 1939 - March 10, 2017: age: 77: myeloma cancer: known for his novel "The Bridges of Madison County"
