JAN BERENSTAIN: July 26, 1923 - February 24, 2012: age: 88: stroke: known for the children's series "The Berenstain Bears"
MAEVE BINCHY: May 28, 1939 - July 30, 2012: age: 73: heart attack: known for her novels such as "Tara Road"
RAY BRADBURY: August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012: age: 91: natural causes: known for many novels such as "Fahrenheit 451"
HELEN GURLEY BROWN: February 18, 1922 - August 13, 2012: age: 90: natural causes: known for her non-fiction book "Sex and the Single Girl"
NORA EPHRON: May 19, 1941 - June 26, 2012: age: 71: pneumonia and leukemia: known for her nonfiction book "I Feel Back About My Neck"
CARLOS FUENTES: November 11, 1928 - May 12, 2012: age: 83: internal bleeding: known for his novel "The Old Gringo"
JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE: July 2, 1919 - May 12, 2012: age: 92: heart failure: known for her children's books such as "My Side of the Mountain"
REGINALD HILL: April 3, 1936 - January 12, 2012: age: 75: brain tumor: known for his crime novels such as "Pictures of Perfection"
MISS READ: aka Dora Jessie Saint: April 17, 1913 - April 7, 2012: age 98: natural causes: know for her "Fairacre Series"
MAURICE SENDAK: June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012: age: 83: stroke: known for his children's books such as "Where the Wild Things Are"
DONALD J. SOBOL: October 4, 1924 - July 11, 2012: age: 87: lymphoma: known for his children's series "Encyclopedia Brown"
GORE VIDAL: October 3, 1925 - July 31, 2012: age: 86: pneumonia: known for his novels such as "Hollywood"
BILL WALLACE: August 1, 1947 - January 30, 2012: age: 65: lung cancer: known for his children's books such as "No Dogs Allowed"
