HARRY BERNSTEIN: May 30, 1910 - June 3, 2011: age 101: natural causes: known for his biography "The Invisible Wall"
LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN: June 20, 1913 - June 4, 2011: age: 97: lung infection: known for her "The Cat Who" mysteries
JOSEPHINE HART: March 1, 1942 - June 2, 2011: age: 69: cancer: known for her novel "Damages"
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: April 13, 1949 - December 15, 2011: age: 62: throat cancer: known for his non-fiction book "God is Not Good"
RUSSELL HOBAN: February 4, 1925 - December 13, 2011: age: 86: heart failure: known for his children's book "A Bargain for Frances"
BRIAN JACQUES: June 15, 1939 - February 5, 2011: age: heart attack: known for his sci-fi "Redwall" series
DIANA WYNNE JONES: August 14, 1934 - March 25, 2011: age: 76: lung cancer: known for her sci-fi book "Howl's Moving Castle"
DICK KING-SMITH: March 27, 1922 - January 4, 2011: age: 88: natural causes: known for his novel "The Sheep-Pig"
STEVEN KROLL: August 11, 1941 - March 8, 2011: age: 69: after stomach surgery: known for his children's book "The Biggest Pumpkin Ever"
ANNE MCCAFFREY: April 1, 1926 - November 21, 2011: age 85: stroke: known for her "Acorna" sci-fi series
ALVIN SCHWARTZ: April 25, 1927 - March 14, 2011: age: 64: lymphoma: known for his children's book "Scary Stories to Tell in the Night"
RUTH THOMAS: January 4, 1927 - August 25, 2011: age: 84: natural causes: known for her children's book "The Runaways"
NEWTON THORNBURG: May 13, 1929 - May 9, 2011: age: 81: natural causes following a stroke: known for his novel "To Die in California"
