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Obituary: John O'Brien, Founder of Dalkey Archive Press
John O'Brien, the founder of Dalkey Archive Press, died on November 21 in Illinois. He was 75 years old. O'Brien left behind a legacy of having championed daring authors and having published 1,000 books from more than 50 countries.
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Obituary: Fred Hills, 85
Fred Hills, who edited an array of literary luminaries and celebrities including Vladimir Nabokov, Raymond Carver, Jane Fonda, and Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll, died on November 7. He was 85.
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Obituary: William B. Eerdmans Jr.
William “Bill” B. Eerdmans Jr., who led the family-owned Christian publishing house Wm. B. Eerdmans for more than 50 years, died on November 13. He was 97.
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Obituary: Don O'Connor, 63
Don O’Connor, Macmillan’s senior field sales and national account manager for Ingram Kids, died on November 13. He was 63.
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Joan Drury, Author, Publisher, and Bookseller, Dies at 75
The philanthropist—who was also an author, publisher, and, most recently, an indie bookseller—died in Grand Marais, Minn., on November 9. She was 75.
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Obituary: Mildred Hird, 98
Mildred Hird, one of the first publishing executives to specialize in the sale of foreign rights of American books, died on November 2 at her home in New York City.
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Fred Klein, Who Helped Build Bantam Books, Dies at 97
Fred Klein, who helped make Bantam Books a major force in mass market paperback publishing in the 1960s and 1970s, died on October 22. He was described by a former colleague as "the greatest ringmaster the publishing world has ever known.”
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Grove Atlantic Executive Editor Joan Bingham Dies at 85
Joan Bingham, longtime executive editor of Grove Atlantic and a key figure in the merger that created the house, died October 31. She was 85.
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Obituary: Randy Kessler
Randy Kessler, national accounts manager at Scholastic, died unexpectedly on October 22 at the age of 50.
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Obituary: Jill Paton Walsh
Award-winning British author Jill Paton Walsh has died at age 83.
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