Colleen McCullough, author of the Thorn Birds has passed away.
Find her works in the CLAMS online catalog.
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Colleen McCullough R.I.P.
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Norman Bridwell
Norman Bridwell, the creator of the much loved children’s series of books “Clifford the Big Red Dog“, has passed away at his Martha’s Vineyard home.
NPR article.
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Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author
Nadine Gordimer, Nobel-Winning chronicler Of Apartheid has passed away.
NPR article
NY Times
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Hero of popular book “Unbroken” passes away
“Louis Zamperini, an Olympic distance runner and World War II veteran who survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed, then endured two years in Japanese prison camps, has died. He was 97.”
Read more here.
Find Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. in the CLAMS catalog.
CLAMS also has the eBook and eAudio.
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R.I.P. Maya Angelou
The author and poet Maya Angelou has passed away.
Author Maya Angelou dies at 86 in North Carolina (Huffington Post)
Maya Angelou, Poet, Activist And Singular Storyteller, Dies At 86 (NPR)
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Gabriel García Márquez, March 06, 1927 – April 17, 2014
His works include the novels One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, and the memoir Living to Tell the Tale.
In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
More information about the author.
Find his works in CLAMS.
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Tom Clancy : in memoriam
Bestselling author Tom Clancy, creator of the Jack Ryan character, passed away earlier this month. He was the author of The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger and many other novels. His forthcoming book, Command Authority is due to be published in December 2013. Find his titles in CLAMS. Tom Clancy: Remembering a Technothriller Master: Library Journal.
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