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Obituaries: March 2005 Archives
Michael Lacapa, an award-winning author and illustrator of books for children, died at home on Tuesday. He had been seriously injured in a car accident last September.
The Flute Player, one of Lacapa's best-known books
George Adamson - Obituaries - Times Online
The illustrator George Admason died on March 5th. A Times obituary appeared yesterday:
Ted Hughes?s first collection of poetry for children, Meet My Folks! (1961), was submitted to Adamson for illustration. Sylvia Plath?s verdict on his efforts was that they were ?very fine and witty?. He followed in the path of Heath Robinson, illustrating new editions of Norman Hunter?s Professor Branestawm books in the mid-1960s and also illustrated The Faber Book of Nursery Verse(1958) and Alan Garner?s The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) and The Moon of Gomrath (1963)... ...
A further obituary from The Herald:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/35903.html
Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton dies
Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton, who wrote the popular "Witch World" series, has died. She was 93.Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a Nashville suburb.
Norton requested before her death that she not have a funeral service, but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and last novels.
Born Alice Mary Norton on Feb. 17, 1912, in Cleveland, she wrote more than 130 books in many genres during her career of nearly 70 years. She used a pen name _ which she made her legal name in 1934 _ because she expected to be writing mostly for young boys and thought a male name would help sales.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America recently created the Andre Norton Award for young adult novels, and the first award will be presented in 2006.
Three Hands of Scorpio, Norton's most recently published novel
Obituaries:
Daily Telegraph
Websites:
Official author site
An interview (1991)
Witch World fan page
Bibliography
Andre Norton Award for YA Fiction
Telegraph | News | Willis Hall
Daily Telegraph obit. for Willis Hall, playwright and children's author, who died on March 7th.
Other obit.s:
The Times
