JOHN BAYLEY: March 27, 1925 - January 12, 2015: age: 89: heart failure: known for his memoir "Elegy For Iris"
JACKIE COLLINS: October 4, 1937 - September 19, 2015: age: 77: breast cancer: known for her many novels such as "Hollywood Wives"
E. L. DOCTOROW: January 6, 1931 - July 21, 2015: age: 84: lung cancer: known for many novels including "Rag Time"
IVAN DOIG: June 27, 1939 - April 9, 2015: age: 75: myeloma cancer: known for his memoir "This House of Sky"
GUNTER GRASS: October 16, 1927 - April 13, 2015: age: lung infection: known for dozens of books including "The Tin Drum"
COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH: June 1, 1937 - January 29, 2015: age: 77: kidney failure: known for her novel "The Thorn Birds"
TERRY PRATCHETT: April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015: age: 66: Alzheimer's disease: known for his many fantasy novels such as "The Colour of Magic"
RUTH RENDELL: February 17, 1930 - May 2, 2015: age: 85: stroke: known for her Inspector Wexford series such as "The Veiled One"
ANN RULE: October 22, 1931 - July 26, 2015: age: 83: heart failure: known for her many true crime books such as " The Stranger Beside Me"
OLIVER SACKS: July 9, 1933 - August 30, 2015: age: 82: ocular cancer: known for his non-fiction book "Awakenings"
BERTRICE SMALL: December 9, 1937 - February 15, 2015: age: 77: kidney failure: known for her romances such as "A Dangerous Love"
