RUDOLFO ANAYA: October 30, 1937 - June 28, 2020: age: 82: natural causes: known for his novel "Bless Me, Ultima"
BETSY BYARS: August 7, 1928 - February 26, 2020: age 91: natural causes: known for her children's book "The Pinballs"
MARY HIGGINS CLARK: December 24, 1927 - January 31, 2020: age: 92: natural causes: known for her mysteries such as "Where Are the Children?"
JOANNA COLE: August 11, 1944 - July 12, 2020: age: 75: pulmonary fibrosis: known her children's series "The Magic School Bus"
CLIVE CUSSLER: July 15, 1931 - February 24, 2020: age: 88: natural causes: known for his "Dirk Pitt" thrillers
TOMIE DEPAOLA: September 25, 1934 - March 30, 2020: age: 85: complications from a fall: known for his countless children's books including "Strega Nona"
BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN: April 26, 1930 - June 3, 2020: age: 91: infection: known for his novel "A Mother's Kisses"
TERRY GOODKIND: January 11, 1948 - September 17, 2020: age: 72: natural causes: known for his fantasy series "The Sword of Truth"
SHIRLEY ANN GRAU: July 8, 1929 - August 3, 2020: age: 91: stroke: known for her novel "The Keepers of the House"
WINSTON GROOM: March 23, 1943 - September 17, 2020: age 77: heart attack: known for his novel "Forrest Gump"
PETE HAMILL: June 24, 1935 - August 5, 2020: age: 85: heart and kidney failure: known for his novel "Snow in August"
A.E. HOTCHNER: June 28, 1917 - February 15, 2020: age: 102: natural causes: known for his non-fiction book "Papa Hemingway"
JOHN LE CARRE: October 19, 1931 - December 12, 2020: age: 89: complications from a fall: known for his thrillers such as "The Constant Gardener"
JEAN LITTLE: January 2, 1932 - April 6, 2020: age: 88: heart failure: known for her memoir "Little By Little"
ALLISON LURIE: September 3, 1923 - December 3, 2020: age: 94: natural causes: known for her novel "Foreign Affairs"
CHARLES PORTIS: December 28, 1933 - February 17, 2020: age: 86: Alzheimer's disease: known for his western "True Grit"
GAIL SHEEHY: November 27, 1936 - August 24, 2020: age: 83: pneumonia: known for her non-fiction book "The Silent Passage"
ELIZABETH WURTZEL: July 31, 1967 - January 7, 2020: age: 52: breast cancer: known for her memoir "Prozac Nation"
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON: September 25, 1964 - June 19, 2020: age: 55: colorectal cancer: known for his novel "The Shadow of the Wind"
