ANTHONY BOURDAIN: June 25, 1956 - June 8, 2018: age: 61: suicide by hanging: known for his memoir "Kitchen Confidential"
WILLIAM GOLDMAN: August 12, 1931 - November 16, 2018: age: 87: colon cancer: known for his novel "The Princess Bride"
JACK KETCHUM: November 10, 1946 - January 28, 2018: age: 71: cancer: known for his thrillers such as "Off Season"
URSULA K. LE GUIN: October 21, 1929 - January 22, 2018: age: 88: heart attack: known for many fantasies including "The Left Hand of Darkness"
STAN LEE: December 28, 1922 - November 12, 2018: age: 95: heart failure: known for creating Marvel Comics
JULIUS LESTER: January 27, 1939 - January 18, 2018: age: 78: COPD: known for his children's book "John Henry"
PETER MAYLE: June 14, 1939 - January 18, 2018: age: 78: natural causes: known for his memoir "A Year in Provence"
V. S. NAIPAUL: August 17, 1932 - August 11, 2018: age: 85: natural causes: known for his novel "A House for Mr Biswas"
AMOS OZ: May 4, 1939 - December 28, 2018: age: 79: cancer: known for his memoir "A Tale of Love and Darkness"
RICHARD PECK: April 10, 1934 - May 23, 2018: age 84: natural causes: known for his children's books "A Year Down Yonder" and dozens more
PHILIP ROTH: March 19, 1933 - May 22, 2018: age: 85: heart failure: known for dozens of novels including "American Pastoral"
ANITA SHREVE: October 7, 1946 - March 29, 2018: age: 71: cancer: known for her Novel "The Pilot's Wife"
NEIL SIMON: July 4, 1927 - August 26, 2018: age 91: pneumonia: known for many plays including "Lost in Yonkers"
PENNY VINCENZI: April 10, 1939 - February 25, 2018: age: 78: undisclosed: known for her novel "No Angel"
BARBARA BROOKS WALLACE: December 3, 1922 - November 27, 2018: age: 95: pneumonia: known for her children's book "Peppermints in the Parlor"
TOM WOLFE: March 2, 1930 - May 14, 2018: age: 88: infection: known for many novels including "The Bonfire of the Vanities"
