ERIC CARLE: June 25, 1929 - May 23, 2021: age: 91: kidney failure: known for the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
BEVERLY CLEARY: April 12, 1916 - March 25, 2021: age: 104: natural causes: known for dozens of children's books including "Dear Mr. Henshaw"
ERIC JEROME DICKEY: July 7, 2021 - January 3, 2021: age: 59: cancer: known for his novel "Cheaters"
JOAN DIDION: December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021: age: 87: Parkinson's disease: known for her novel "Play It As It Lays"
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI: March 24, 1919 - February 22, 2021: age 101: lung disease: known for the novel "Little Boy"
NORTON JUSTER: June 2, 1929 - March 8, 2021: age: 91: stroke: known for his children's book "The Phantom Tollbooth"
LARRY MCMURTRY: June 3, 1936 - March 25, 2021: age: 84: natural causes: known for his novel "Lonesome Dove"
JILL MURPHY: July 5, 1949 -August 18, 2021: age: 72: cancer: known for her children's series "The Worst Witch"
GARY PAULSEN: May 17, 1939 - October 13, 2021: age 82: heart attack: known for his children's book "Hatchet"
JERRY PINKNEY: December 22, 1939 - October 20, 2021: age: 81: heart attack" known for his children's book "The Lion and the Mouse"
ANNE RICE: October 4, 1941 - December 11, 2021: age: 80: stroke: known for her novel "Interview With a Vampire"
