2010 in literature
Encyclopedia
The year 2010 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
- February - The Wheeler Centre, Australia's "literary hub", officially opened.
- April 3 - First release of the Apple iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
, electronic book reading device. - April 12 - Little-known author Paul HardingPaul Harding (author)Paul Harding is an American musician and author, best known for his debut novel Tinkers which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2010 PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. Harding was drummer for the band Cold Water Flat from approximately the founding in 1990 to 1997. Harding...
wins Pulitzer Prize for FictionPulitzer Prize for FictionThe Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It originated as the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which was awarded between 1918 and 1947.-1910s:...
, published by tiny Bellevue Literary Press. - June 24 - Neil GaimanNeil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
becomes the first author to win both the Carnegie MedalCarnegie MedalThe Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
and the Newbery MedalNewbery MedalThe John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...
for the same book — The Graveyard BookThe Graveyard BookThe Graveyard Book is a children's fantasy novel by English author Neil Gaiman. The story is about a boy named Nobody Owens, who after his family is murdered is adopted and raised by the occupants of a graveyard...
. - July 27 - Steig Larsson's Millennium TrilogyMillennium TrilogyThe Millennium series is a series of bestselling novels originally written in Swedish by the late Stieg Larsson. The primary characters in the series are Lisbeth Salander, an intelligent, eccentric woman in her twenties with a photographic memory and poor social skills, and Mikael Blomkvist, an...
becomes an international sensation. As of May 2010, a total of 27 million copies have been sold worldwide. On July 27 Amazon says Larsson is first author to sell more than 1 million KindleAmazon KindleThe Amazon Kindle is an e-book reader developed by Amazon.com subsidiary Lab126 which uses wireless connectivity to enable users to shop for, download, browse, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and other digital media...
e-books. - August 13 - TIMETime (magazine)Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine puts Jonathan FranzenJonathan FranzenJonathan Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His third novel, The Corrections , a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
on its cover for his novel FreedomFreedom (novel)Freedom is a novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and released on August 31, 2010.-Plot:...
, the first time an author appeared there since 2000 with Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
. - October 7 - The 2010 Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
was awarded to Mario Vargas LlosaMario Vargas LlosaJorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation...
for "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat". - October 12 - Howard JacobsonHoward JacobsonHoward Jacobson is a Man Booker Prize-winning British Jewish author and journalist. He is best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.-Background:...
wins the Man Booker PrizeMan Booker PrizeThe Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
for The Finkler QuestionThe Finkler QuestionThe Finkler Question is a 2010 novel written by British author Howard Jacobson. The novel won the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and was the first comic novel to win the prize since Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils in 1986.... - November 9 - Johanna SkibsrudJohanna SkibsrudJohanna Skibsrud is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel The Sentimentalists won the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.She has also published two books of poetry, Late Nights with Wild Cowboys in 2008 and I Do Not Think That I Could Love a Human Being in 2010. Late Nights with Wild Cowboys was a...
wins the Scotiabank Giller PrizeScotiabank Giller PrizeThe Scotiabank Giller Prize, or Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries...
for her novel The SentimentalistsThe Sentimentalists (novel)The Sentimentalists is a novel by Canadian writer Johanna Skibsrud, which was the winner of the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.-Synopsis:The novel's protagonist is an unnamed young woman seeking to better understand her relationship with her father by investigating his experience in the Vietnam...
. - November 16 - The 2010 Governor General's Awards2010 Governor General's AwardsThe shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13, and winning titles were announced on November 16...
are announced. Winners include Dianne WarrenDianne WarrenDianne Warren is a Canadian novelist, dramatist and short story writer, who lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.-Background:...
for English fiction, Kim ThúyKim ThúyKim Thúy is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General's Award for French language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
for French fiction, Richard GreeneRichard Greene (writer)Richard Greene is a Canadian poet. His book Boxing the Compass won the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
for poetry and Robert ChafeRobert ChafeRobert Chafe is a Canadian playwright. His play Afterimage won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. He was previously nominated for the same award at the 2004 Governor General's Awards for his plays Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence.He...
for drama. - November - Mark Twain's AutobiographyMark Twain's AutobiographyAutobiography of Mark Twain or Mark Twain’s Autobiography refers to a lengthy set of reminiscences, dictated, for the most part, in the last few years of American author Mark Twain's life and left in typescript and manuscript at his death...
is published (officially) 100 years after the author's death, the delay instructed by Twain himself. Unofficial copies had been published multiple times throughout the 20th century.
Fiction
- Martin AmisMartin AmisMartin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year...
- The Pregnant WidowThe Pregnant WidowThe Pregnant Widow is a novel by the English writer, Martin Amis, published by Jonathan Cape on 4 February 2010. Its theme is the feminist revolution, which Amis sees as incomplete and bewildering for women, echoing the view of the 19th-century Russian writer, Alexander Herzen, that revolution is a...
(February 4) - Paul AusterPaul AusterPaul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy , Moon Palace , The Music of Chance , The Book of Illusions and The Brooklyn Follies...
- Sunset ParkSunset Park (novel)Sunset Park is a novel by Paul Auster published in November 2010.-Plot summary:Set during the American financial recession in 2008, a college dropout, who has been running from his past for seven years, is forced to leave his new girlfriend and life in Florida and return home to New York...
(November 9) - T. C. Boyle - Wild Child: and other stories (January 21)
- Peter Carey - Parrot and Olivier in AmericaParrot and Olivier in AmericaParrot and Olivier in America is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was on the shortlist of six books for the 2010 Man Booker Prize....
(April 20) - Eddie ChuculateEddie ChuculateEddie Chuculate is an American fiction writer of Muscogee and Cherokee descent. His first book, Cheyenne Madonna, was published in July 2010 by Black Sparrow Books, an imprint of David R. Godine, Publisher, in Boston. Chuculate won a PEN/O...
- Cheyenne MadonnaCheyenne MadonnaCheyenne Madonna is a collection of linked short stories by Muscogee and Cherokee author Eddie Chuculate, published in July 2010 by Black Sparrow Books, an imprint of David R. Godine, Publisher, in Boston...
(June 20) - Robert CooverRobert CooverRobert Lowell Coover is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.-Life and works:...
- Noir (March 4) - Michael CunninghamMichael CunninghamMichael Cunningham is an American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.-Early life and education:...
- By NightfallBy NightfallBy Nightfall is the sixth novel by Pulitzer Prize winning American author, Michael Cunningham.-Plot:Peter and his wife, Rebecca--who edits a mid-level art magazine--have settled into a comfortable life in Manhattan's art world, but their staid existence is disrupted by the arrival of Rebecca's much...
(September 28) - Don DeLilloDon DeLilloDon DeLillo is an American author, playwright, and occasional essayist whose work paints a detailed portrait of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries...
- Point OmegaPoint OmegaPoint Omega is a short novel by the American author Don DeLillo that was published in hardcover by Scribner's on February 2, 2010. It is DeLillo's fifteenth novel published under his own name and his first published work of fiction since his widely praised 2007 novel Falling Man.- Plot :According...
(February 2) - Jennifer EganJennifer EganJennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Egan's novel A Visit From the Goon Squad won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction....
- A Visit from the Goon SquadA Visit From the Goon SquadA Visit From the Goon Squad is a work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan. It won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
(June 15) - Bret Easton EllisBret Easton EllisBret Easton Ellis is an American novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into 27 different languages. He was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney...
- Imperial BedroomsImperial BedroomsImperial Bedrooms is a novel by American author Bret Easton Ellis. Released on June 15, 2010, it is the sequel to Less Than Zero, Ellis' 1985 bestselling literary debut, which was shortly followed by a film adaptation in 1987. Imperial Bedrooms revisits Less Than Zeros self-destructive and...
(June 15) - Joshua FerrisJoshua FerrisJoshua Ferris is an American author best known for his debut 2007 novel Then We Came to the End. The book is a comedy about the American workplace, told in the first-person plural...
- The Unnamed (January 18) - Jonathan FranzenJonathan FranzenJonathan Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His third novel, The Corrections , a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
- Freedom (August 31) - Sara GruenSara GruenSara Gruen is a Canada-born dual citizen author. Her books deal greatly with animals and she is a supporter of numerous charitable organizations that support animals and wildlife.-Early life and education:...
- Ape House (September 7) - Adam HaslettAdam HaslettAdam Haslett is an American fiction writer. He was born in Kingston, Massachusetts and grew up in Oxfordshire, England, and Wellesley, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College , the University of Iowa , and Yale Law School . He has been a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers'...
- Union Atlantic (February 9) - Howard JacobsonHoward JacobsonHoward Jacobson is a Man Booker Prize-winning British Jewish author and journalist. He is best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.-Background:...
- The Finkler QuestionThe Finkler QuestionThe Finkler Question is a 2010 novel written by British author Howard Jacobson. The novel won the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and was the first comic novel to win the prize since Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils in 1986....
(October 12) - Jesse Lee KerchevalJesse Lee KerchevalJesse Lee Kercheval is an American academic and writer. She is a writing teacher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She has authored several books of various genres, notably Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater....
- Brazil (March 31) - Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
- Blockade BillyBlockade BillyBlockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans during the 1957 season. It took King two weeks to write it...
(April 20) Full Dark, No StarsFull Dark, No StarsFull Dark, No Stars, published in November 2010, is a collection of four novellas by the author Stephen King, all dealing with the theme of retribution...
(November 9) - Nicole KraussNicole KraussNicole Krauss is an American author best known for her novels Man Walks Into a Room , The History of Love and, most recently, Great House...
- Great HouseGreat House (novel)Great House is the third novel by the American writer Nicole Krauss, published on October 12, 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company. Early versions of the first chapter were published in Harper's , Best American Short Stories 2008, and The New Yorker...
(October 12) - Steig Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' NestThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' NestThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest is the third and final novel in the best-selling "Millennium series"by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.The novel is the sequel to The Girl Who Played with Fire....
(May 10) - John Le CarreJohn le CarréDavid John Moore Cornwell , who writes under the name John le Carré, is an author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, Cornwell worked for MI5 and MI6, and began writing novels under the pseudonym "John le Carré"...
- Our Kind of TraitorOur Kind of TraitorOur Kind of Traitor is a 2010 espionage novel by the British novelist John le Carré about a Russian money launderer seeking to defect to the UK after a close friend of his had been killed by the new leadership of his own criminal brotherhood.- Plot summary :...
(October 12) - Dennis LehaneDennis LehaneDennis Lehane is an American author. He has written several award-winning novels, including A Drink Before the War and the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film. Another novel, Gone, Baby, Gone, was also adapted into an Academy...
- Moonlight MileMoonlight Mile (novel)Moonlight Mile is a crime novel written by Dennis Lehane, published on November 2, 2010. It is the sixth novel in the author's Kenzie-Gennaro series, focusing on private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro...
(November 2) - Elmore LeonardElmore LeonardElmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...
- Djibouti (October 12) - Tao LinTao LinTao Lin is an American writer. He was born of Taiwanese parents and grew up on the East Coast of the USA.He is the author of two novels, Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates ; a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel ; a short story collection, Bed ; and two poetry collections, you are a little...
- Richard YatesRichard Yates (novel)-Plot:Haley Joel Osment and Dakota Fanning are friends who initially met over the internet and converse with each other regularly through Gmail chat...
(September 7) - Sam LipsyteSam LipsyteSam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer.The son of the sports journalist Robert Lipsyte, Sam Lipsyte was born in New York City and raised in Closter, New Jersey...
- The Ask (March 2) - Ian McEwanIan McEwanIan Russell McEwan CBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers. In 2008, The Times named him among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"....
- SolarSolar (novel)Solar is a novel by British author Ian McEwan, first published on 18 March 2010 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Random House. It is a satire about a jaded Nobel-winning physicist whose dysfunctional personal life and cynical ambition see him pursuing a solar-energy based solution for climate...
(March 30) - Yann MartelYann MartelYann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.-Early life:Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain where his father was posted as a diplomat for the Canadian government. He was raised in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Canada...
- Beatrice and VirgilBeatrice and VirgilBeatrice and Virgil is Canadian writer Yann Martel's third novel. First published in April 2010, it contains an allegorical tale about representations of the Holocaust. It tells the story of Henry, a novelist, who receives the manuscript of a play in a letter from a reader...
(April 6) - Paolo BacigalupiPaolo BacigalupiPaolo Tadini Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and was nominated for the National Book Award...
- Ship BreakerShip BreakerShip Breaker is a 2010 young adult novel by Paolo Bacigalupi set in a postapocalyptic future. It was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and won the 2011 Michael L. Printz Award and the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book...
(May 1) - Steve MartinSteve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
- An Object of Beauty (November 23) - Dinaw MengestuDinaw MengestuDinaw Mengestu is an award-winning American novelist and writer, who was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition to two novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the war in Darfur, and for Jane Magazine on the conflict in northern Uganda...
- How to Read the Air (October 14) - David MitchellDavid Mitchell (author)David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist. He has written five novels, two of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.- Biography :...
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the fifth novel published by the author David Mitchell. It is a historical novel set during the Dutch trading concession with Japan in the late 18th century...
(June 29) - Rick MoodyRick MoodyRick Moody is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into a feature film of...
- The Four Fingers of Death (July 28) - Ben MyersBen MyersBen Myers is an English writer.His first novel The Book Of Fuck, a fictionalised account about a hapless music journalist, was published to underground acclaim in 2004 through Wrecking Ball Press. Myers claimed it was written in six days "as a joke"...
- Richard: A NovelRichard: A NovelRichard: A Novel is a book by English author and journalist Ben Myers about Richey Edwards, the former rhythm guitarist and co-lyricist of the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. Edwards - who suffered from depression, alcoholism, anorexia and self-harm - disappeared on 1 February...
(October 1) - Antonya NelsonAntonya NelsonAntonya Nelson is an American author and teacher of creative writing who writes primarily short stories.-Life and education:Antonya Nelson was born January 6, 1961 in Wichita, Kansas....
- Bound (September 28) - Joyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
- A Fair Maiden (January 6)
- Sourland (September 14)
- Julie OrringerJulie OrringerJulie Orringer , is an American writer and lecturer born in Miami, Florida. Her first book, How to Breathe Underwater, was published in September 2003 by Knopf Publishing Group...
- The Invisible Bridge (May 18) - Cynthia OzickCynthia OzickCynthia Ozick is an American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. She is the niece of the Hebraist Abraham Regelson.-Background:Cynthia Shoshana Ozick was born in New York City, the second of two children...
- Foreign Bodies (November 1) - Chuck PalahniukChuck PalahniukCharles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter...
- Tell All (May 4) - Philip PullmanPhilip PullmanPhilip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ...
- The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel ChristThe Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel ChristThe Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a novel by Philip Pullman. Published in 2010 by Canongate Books, as part of the Canongate Myth Series, it retells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, brothers, "Jesus" and "Christ," with contrasting personalities; Jesus being a moral and godly...
(May 20) - Philip RothPhilip RothPhilip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him a National Book Award...
- Nemesis (October 5) - David SedarisDavid SedarisDavid Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and radio contributor....
- Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest BestiarySquirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest BestiarySquirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary is a collection of animal-themed humorous short stories by memoirist and humorist David Sedaris...
(September 28) - Gary ShteyngartGary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.-Life:...
- Super Sad True Love StorySuper Sad True Love StorySuper Sad True Love Story is the third novel by American writer Gary Shteyngart. The novel takes place in a near-future dystopian New York where life is dominated by media and retail.-Plot Summary:...
(July 27)
Science fiction and fantasy
- Jim ButcherJim ButcherJim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K...
- ChangesChanges (novel)Changes is the 12th book in The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher's continuing series about wizard detective Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden...
(April 6) - Darren Hann, Melanie Collins, Steve Lake - Sci-Fi from the Rock (April 17)
- Adam Roberts - New Model Army (April 15)
- Dan SimmonsDan SimmonsDan Simmons is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle....
- Black Hills (February 24)
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Suzanne CollinsSuzanne CollinsSuzanne Collins is an American television writer and novelist.-Early life:Suzanne Collins is the daughter of an Air Force officer. She graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts and earned her M.F.A. from New York University in Dramatic Writing....
- MockingjayMockingjayMockingjay is a 2010 young adult dystopian novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the third installment of The Hunger Games trilogy, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire, and continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to lead the rebellion against the rulers...
(August 24) - Diane DuaneDiane DuaneDiane Duane is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels.-Biography :...
- A Wizard of MarsA Wizard of MarsA Wizard of Mars is the ninth novel in the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. After being pushed back several times due to internal turmoil at Harcourt Trade Publishers, it was scheduled to be released April 14, 2010, but the distributor shipped it in late March.-Plot:Young Wizards Kit Rodriguez...
(April 12) - John FlanaganJohn Flanagan (author)John Flanagan is an Australian fantasy author. She lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband. Her best known work is the Ranger's Apprentice novel series, which is about a boy named Will who is taken as an apprentice Ranger to the grim and mysterious Halt. They meet up with many new people,...
- The Emperor of Nihon-JaThe Emperor of Nihon-JaThe Emperor of Nihon-Ja is the tenth installment in the Ranger's Apprentice book series by Australian author John Flanagan. The book was released in Australia on 1 November 2010, in New Zealand on 5 November 2010, and in the United States on 16 April 2011. The name Nihon-Ja is based on the name of...
(November 2010) - Matthew J. KirbyMatthew J. KirbyMatthew J. Kirby is an American author. His debut novel, The Clockwork Three, is a children's historical fiction set in the late 18th to early 19th centuries. It was inspired by a newspaper article Kirby came across in history class in college....
- The Clockwork ThreeThe Clockwork ThreeThe Clockwork Three is a 2010 novel by American author Matthew J. Kirby. Set in America in the late 19th century-early 20th century, it follows three children: Giuseppe, Hannah, and Frederick who work to solve each other's problems.-Origins:...
(October 1) - Robert MuchamoreRobert MuchamoreRobert Kilgore Muchamore is an English author, most notable for writing the CHERUB and Henderson's Boys novels.-Prior to writing:...
- Brigands M. C. (May 6) - Garth NixGarth NixGarth Nix is an Australian author of young adult fantasy novels, most notably the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the...
- Lord SundayLord SundayLord Sunday is the seventh book concluding Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series. The book was released on 1 February 2010 . The description reads "Arthur Penhaligon must complete his quest to save the Kingdom he is heir to.....
(February) - James PattersonJames PattersonJames B. Patterson is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross...
- Fang: A Maximum Ride NovelFang: A Maximum Ride NovelFang: A Maximum Ride Novel is the sixth book in the Maximum Ride series written by James Patterson. It was released on February 5, 2010 in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and was released in the US on March 15, 2010. Its tag line is: He has always been there for her...
(March 15) - Philip ReevePhilip ReevePhilip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel.-Biography:...
- A Web of AirA Web of AirA Web of Air is the sequel to Fever Crumb, and the second book in the Mortal Engines Quartet prequel series. It was released in April 2010.-Information:...
(April 5) - Rick RiordanRick RiordanRichard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series...
- The Lost HeroThe Lost HeroThe Lost Hero is a 2010 fantasy-adventure novel written by Rick Riordan and is based on Greek and Roman mythology. It is the first book in the series The Heroes of Olympus, the next series about Camp Half-Blood. It was preceded by the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which focused solely on...
(October 12) - Clare VanderpoolClare VanderpoolClare Vanderpool is an American children's author.Her book Moon Over Manifest won the 2011 Newbery Medal.Her grandparents grew up in Frontenac, Kansas....
- Moon Over ManifestMoon Over ManifestMoon Over Manifest is a 2010 children's book written by American author Clare Vanderpool. The book was awarded the 2011 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature. The story follows a young and adventurous girl named Abilene who is sent to Manifest, Kansas by her father in the summer of...
(October 12) - Kiersten White - ParanormalcyParanormalcyParanormalcy is a series of young-adult urban fantasy novels by American author Kiersten White, beginning with the inaugural entry of the same name. The story focuses on a girl named Evie, a member of a special international police force assigned to paranormal cases...
(August 31) - N.D. Wilson - The Chestnut KingThe Chestnut KingThe Chestnut King is a 2010 fantasy novel written by N.D. Wilson. It is the third and final installment to the 100 Cupboards trilogy. It's main character is Henry York Maccabee.-Plot:...
Non-fiction
- George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
- Decision PointsDecision PointsDecision Points is a memoir by former U.S. President George W. Bush. It was released on November 9, 2010, and the release was accompanied by national television appearances and a national tour. The book surpassed sales of two million copies less than two months after its release.-Content:Bush's...
(November 9) - Sloane CrosleySloane CrosleySloane Crosley is a writer living in New York and the author of best-selling collections of essays, I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number....
- How Did You Get This Number (June 15) - Nora EphronNora EphronNora Ephron is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in...
- I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections (November 9) - Sam HarrisSam Harris (author)Sam Harris is an American author, and neuroscientist, as well as the co-founder and current CEO of Project Reason. He received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Stanford University, before receiving a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA...
- The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (October 5) - Laura HillenbrandLaura HillenbrandLaura Hillenbrand is an American author of books and magazine articles.Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Hillenbrand spent much of her childhood riding bareback "screaming over the hills" of her father's Sharpsburg, Maryland, farm. A favorite of hers was Come On Seabiscuit, a 1963 kiddie book. "I read...
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, author of the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend...
(November 16) - Joel KotkinJoel KotkinJoel Kotkin is a professor of urban development, currently a fellow at Chapman University in Orange, CA and the Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank.Kotkin attended the University of California, Berkeley...
- The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 is a non-fiction book by American economist and demographer Joel Kotkin. The author outlines a world in which the growing U.S. population reaches four hundred million by 2050. He argues that the U.S. will become more diverse and more competitive, and thus... - David LipskyDavid LipskyDavid Lipsky is an American author. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1983 and Brown University in 1987, and holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University. Lipsky is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone Magazine. He received a National Magazine Award for writing about...
- Although Of Course You End Up Becoming YourselfAlthough of Course You End Up Becoming YourselfAlthough Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace is a 2010 book by author David Lipsky, about a five day road-trip with the author David Foster Wallace.- Summary :...
(April 13) - David RakoffDavid RakoffDavid Rakoff is a Canadian-born writer based in New York City who is noted for his humorous, sometimes autobiographical non-fiction essays. Rakoff is an essayist, journalist, and actor and is a regular contributor to Public Radio International's This American Life...
- Half Empty (September 21) - Jane SmileyJane SmileyJane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.-Biography:Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained an A.B. at Vassar College, then earned an M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the...
- The Man Who Invented The ComputerThe Man Who Invented the ComputerThe Man Who Invented the Computer is a 2010 historical biography by author Jane Smiley about American physicist John Vincent Atanasoff and the invention of the computer. The book follows Atanasoff as he collaborates with others to develop the Atanasoff-Berry Computer , the first electronic digital...
(December) - Stephen SondheimStephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
- Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981)Finishing the HatFinishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes is a book by American musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim...
(October 26) - Jon StewartJon StewartJon Stewart is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian...
- Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human RaceEarth (The Book)Earth : A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race is a 2010 humor book written by Jon Stewart and other writers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a sequel to America ...
(September 21) - Darin StraussDarin StraussDarin Strauss is an American writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Strauss's memoir Half a Life won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for memoir/autobiography.-Biography:...
- Half a LifeHalf a Life (memoir)Half a Life is a book by American author Darin Strauss. It received the National Book Critics Circle Award for memoir in 2011.-Summary:Strauss, a novelist, recounts how his life was profoundly altered when a car he was driving struck and killed a fellow high school student.-Plot:Strauss' memoir...
(September 21)
Deaths
- 1 January
- Bingo GazingoBingo GazingoMurray Wachs, better known as Bingo Gazingo , was an elderly poet and former postal worker from New York City. Two versions, each also titled Bingo Gazingo, have been released of the only single-artist album ever released by WFMU -- the first on cassette, the second on CD...
, 85, American performance poet - Billy Arjan SinghBilly Arjan SinghKunwar "Billy" Arjan Singh was an Indian hunter turned conservationist and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild....
, 92, Indian author
- Bingo Gazingo
- 2 January - Rajendra Keshavlal ShahRajendra Keshavlal ShahRajendra Keshavlal Shah was a lyrical poet who wrote in Gujarati. Born in Kapadvanaj, he authored more than 20 collections of poems and songs, mainly on the themes of the beauty of nature, and about the everyday lives of indigenous peoples and fisherfolk communities...
, 96, Indian poet - 3 January - Isak RogdeIsak RogdeIsak Rogde was a Norwegian translator.He was born in Senja, enrolled in the University of Oslo in 1968, and graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1972. He worked as a teacher, and also lectured in the Norwegian language at the University of Moscow. He translated about 150 books to Norwegian,...
, 62, Norwegian translator - 4 January
- Knox BurgerKnox BurgerKnox Breckenridge Burger was an editor, writer, and literary agent who lived in New York City. He published Kurt Vonnegut's first short-story and founded Knox Burger & Associates, a literary agency with his wife....
, 87, American editor, writer, and literary agent - Hywel Teifi EdwardsHywel Teifi EdwardsHywel Teifi Edwards , was a Welsh academic and historian, a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language. He was the father of the BBC journalist Huw Edwards....
, 74, Welsh historian and writer
- Knox Burger
- 5 January - Bernard Le NailBernard Le NailBernard Le Nail was a French writer and Breton militant. After studying commerce in Paris, he headed the promotional office of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Nantes. In 1979 he became Secretary General of the Comité d'Etude et de Liaison des Intérêts Bretons at Lanester...
, 63, French writer, historian - 6 January - George LeonardGeorge LeonardGeorge Leonard was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Norton, Massachusetts. Besides service on state court benches and in both houses of the state legislature, he represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.-External links:*...
, 86, American writer, editor - 8 January - Slavka ManevaSlavka ManevaSlavka Maneva was a Macedonian writer and poet. She was born and died in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. She finished her literature studies at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Skopje, and has worked as a professor of Macedonian language and literature, now publishing children's books...
, 75, Macedonian writer and poet - 9 January - Laura Chapman HruskaLaura Chapman HruskaLaura Chapman Hruska was an American lawyer, novelist, and co-founder and editor in chief of the Soho Press....
, 74, American writer, co-founder and editor in chief of Soho Press - 14 January - P. K. PageP. K. PagePatricia Kathleen Page, CC, OBC, FRSC , commonly known as P. K. Page, was a Canadian poet. She was the author of over 30 published books: of poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography.By special resolution of the United Nations, in 2001 Page's poem "Planet...
, 93, Canadian poet - 16 January - Takumi ShibanoTakumi Shibanowas a Japanese science-fiction translator and author. He was a major figure in fandom in Japan and contributed to establishing the Japanese science fiction genre....
, 83, Japanese novelist - 17 January - Erich SegalErich SegalErich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best-known for writing the novel Love Story , a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit....
, 72, American professor, author - 18 January - Robert B. ParkerRobert B. ParkerRobert Brown Parker was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the late 1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also...
, 77, American detective writer (Spenser series, Jesse Stone novels) - 19 January - Vladimir KarpovVladimir KarpovVladimir Vasilyevich Karpov was a Soviet writer of historical novels and public figure. He was awarded the hero of the Soviet Union for bravery in World War II....
, 87, Russian writer, Chairman of the USSR Union of Writers (1986–1991) - 20 January - Abraham SutzkeverAbraham SutzkeverAbraham Sutzkever was an acclaimed Yiddish poet. The New York Times wrote that Sutzkever was "the greatest poet of the Holocaust."-Biography:...
, 96, Polish-born Israeli poet. - 21 January - Paul QuarringtonPaul QuarringtonPaul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.-Background:...
, 56, Canadian novelist - 26 January - Louis AuchinclossLouis AuchinclossLouis Stanton Auchincloss was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a prolific novelist who parlayed his firsthand knowledge into dozens of finely wrought books exploring the private lives of America's East Coast patrician class...
, 92, American novelist - 27 January
- J. D. SalingerJ. D. SalingerJerome David Salinger was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980....
, 91, American novelist (The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, language, and rebellion. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major...
) - Howard ZinnHoward ZinnHoward Zinn was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United...
, 87, American historian (A People's History of the United StatesA People's History of the United StatesChapter 7, "As Long As Grass Grows or Water Runs" discusses 19th century conflicts between the U.S. government and Native Americans and Indian removal, especially during the administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren....
)
- J. D. Salinger
- 31 January
- Kage BakerKage BakerKage Baker was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.- Biography :Baker was born in Hollywood, California and lived there and in Pismo Beach most of her life. Before becoming a professional writer she spent many years in theater, including teaching Elizabethan English as a second language...
, 57, American science fiction and fantasy author - Tomás Eloy MartínezTomás Eloy MartínezTomás Eloy Martínez was an Argentine journalist and writer.-Life and work:Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Martínez obtained a degree in Spanish and Latin American literature from the University of Tucumán, and an MA at the University of Paris...
, 75, Argentine writer
- Kage Baker
- 2 February
- Rosa Lobato de FariaRosa Lobato de FariaRosa Lobato de Faria was a Portuguese actress and writer whose career encompassed a variety of media including acting, scriptwriting, literature and songwriting....
, 77, Portuguese writer - Eustace MullinsEustace MullinsEustace Clarence Mullins, Jr. was a populist American political writer, biographer, and antisemite. His most famous and influential work is The Secrets of The Federal Reserve, described by congressman Wright Patman as 'a very fine book [which] has been very useful to me'...
, 86, American political writer, author and biographer
- Rosa Lobato de Faria
- 5 February
- Peter CalvocoressiPeter CalvocoressiPeter John Ambrose Calvocoressi was a British political author, historian and a former intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II.-Early years:...
, 97, British historian, publisher - Brooks ThomasBrooks ThomasBenjamin Brooks Thomas was an American lawyer, and executive of Harper & Row.Thomas joined Harper & Row in 1968.-Early career:...
, 78, American publisher (Harper and Row)
- Peter Calvocoressi
- 6 February - Robert DanaRobert Dana-External links:Links to poems*, poetry by Robert Dana including "Heat", "A Short History of the Middle West", and "Beach Attitudes" on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor*, poetry by Robert Dana including the poem "Rapture" on Anhinga Press....
, 80, American poet - 7 February - William TennWilliam TennWilliam Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass , a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.-Early life:...
, 89, American science fiction writer - 8 February - Wahei TatematsuWahei Tatematsuwas a Japanese novelist. He wrote several novels including Enrai and Dogen-Zenji, about the devout Budhist who founded the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism in 1227.He was also known for his environmental work...
, 62, Japanese novelist, - 10 February - H. V. F. WinstoneH. V. F. WinstoneHarry Victor Frederick Winstone FRGS, known as Victor, was an English author and journalist, who specialised in Middle Eastern topics. He wrote biographies of several influential figures in the history of this region....
, 83, British writer - 11 February - Colin WardColin WardColin Ward was a British anarchist writer. He has been called "one of the greatest anarchist thinkers of the past half century, and a pioneering social historian." -Life:...
, 85, British anarchist writer - 13 February - Lucille CliftonLucille CliftonLucille Clifton was an American writer and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979–1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland...
, 73, American poet - 14 February - Dick FrancisDick FrancisRichard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE was an English jockey and crime writer, many of whose novels centre around horse racing.- Personal life :...
, 89, British novelist - 16 February - Jim HarmonJim HarmonJames Judson Harmon , better known as Jim Harmon, was an American short story author and popular culture historian who wrote extensively about the Golden Age of Radio. He sometimes used the pseudonym Judson Grey, and occasionally he was labeled Mr...
, 76, American science fiction writer - 17 February - Arnold BeichmanArnold BeichmanArnold Beichman Arnold Beichman Arnold Beichman (May 17, 1913, New York City – February 17, 2010, Pasadena, California was an author, scholar, and anti-communist polemicist. At the time of his death, he was a Hoover Institution research fellow and a columnist for The Washington Times...
, 96, American writer - 23 February - Mervyn JonesMervyn Jones (writer)Mervyn Jones was a British biographer and novelist, the son of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones.-Literary credits:...
, 87, British biographer and novelist - 27 February - Carlos MontemayorCarlos MontemayorCarlos Montemayor was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous languages. He was a Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language.Montemayor died of stomach cancer on February 28, 2010...
, 62, Mexican writer - 1 March - Barry HannahBarry HannahHoward Barry Hannah was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi.The author of eight novels and five short story collections , Hannah worked with notable American editors and publishers such as Gordon Lish, Seymour Lawrence, and Morgan Entrekin...
, 67, American novelist and short story writer - 3 March - Momo KaporMomo KaporMomčilo "Momo" Kapor was a Serbian novelist, painter, and short story writer.. Several successful films have been based upon his novels. He was born in Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and died in Belgrade, Serbia.Kapor was born in Sarajevo in 1937 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in...
, 72, Serbian writer - 8 March - Jerry E. SmithJerry E. SmithJerry E. Smith, nickname "Poindexter" was an author, lecturer, poet, and editor. His published works include three books from Adventures Unlimited Press , scores of non-fiction articles and reviews, and more than a dozen ghost-written books. He was a close friend and literary partner of author Jim...
, 59, American author - 9 March - Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito SantoAlda Neves da Graça do Espírito SantoAlda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo , known as Alda do Espírito Santo, was a poet working in the Portuguese language...
, 83, Santomean poet - 10 March - Truddi ChaseTruddi ChaseTruddi Chase was the author of the book When Rabbit Howls , an autobiography about her experiences after being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder...
, 70, American autobiographical author - 11 March - Matilde Elena LópezMatilde Elena LópezMatilde Elena López was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic. Her most important works include “Masferrer, alto pensador de Centro América”, “Cartas a Grosa” and “La balada de Anastasio Aquino”....
, 91, Salvadoran poet, essayist and playwright - 12 March - Miguel DelibesMiguel DelibesMiguel Delibes Setién was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied chair "e". He studied commerce and law and began his career as a columnist and later journalist at the El Norte de Castilla...
, 89, Spanish novelist - 14 March - Vinda KarandikarVinda KarandikarGovind Vināyak Karandikar , better known as Vindā Karandikar , was a well-known Marathi poet and writer. He was also an essayist, literary critic, and a translator....
, 91, Indian poet and writer - 15 March
- Joseph GaldonJoseph GaldonJoseph Galdon, SJ , was a Jesuit priest and writer. He was a former dean at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.He first went to the Philippines in the 1950s as a novice...
, 81, Filipino writer - Patricia WrightsonPatricia WrightsonPatricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
, 88, Australian children's writer
- Joseph Galdon
- 16 March - Jane ShermanJane ShermanJane Sherman was an American writer, performer, composer, and one-time dancer and member of the Rockettes the famed in-house dance troupe of Radio City Music Hall. She was a former member and authority of Denishawn, the eclectic company, founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in 1915...
, 101, American writer - 17 March - Sid FleischmanSid FleischmanAlbert Sidney Fleischman , pen name Sid Fleischman, was a Newbery Medal-winning author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and books on magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history...
, 90, American children's writer - 18 March - Amanda CastroAmanda CastroAmanda Castro was a Honduran poet. She was awarded the Hoja del Laurel en Oro by then President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya.Castro was born in Tegucigalpa...
, 47, Honduran poet - 20 March - Ai OgawaAi (poet)Florence Anthony was a National Book Award winning American poet and educator who legally changed her name to Ai Ogawa...
, 62, American poet - 21 March - Susana, Lady WaltonSusana, Lady WaltonSusana, Lady Walton, MBE was the wife of the composer Sir William Walton . She was a writer, and the creator of the gardens of La Mortella....
, 83, Argentine writer - 24 March - William MayneWilliam MayneWilliam James Carter Mayne was an English writer of children's fiction. He was born in Hull, the son of a doctor and was educated at the choir school attached to Canterbury Cathedral and his memories of that time contributed to his early books. During the Second World War the school was evacuated...
, 82, British children's author - 28 March - Zofia RomanowiczowaZofia RomanowiczowaZofia Romanowiczowa was a Polish writer and translator.When World War II broke out, she first stayed in Radom, where she participated in the Polish resistance as a liaison officer...
, 87, Polish writer and translator - 2 April - Carolyn RodgersCarolyn RodgersCarolyn Marie Rodgers was a Chicago-based American poet and a founder of one of America’s oldest and largest black presses, Third World Press...
, 69, American poet - 9 April
- Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright
- Kerstin ThorvallKerstin ThorvallKerstin Thorvall was a Swedish author of fictional works.She died after a long illness in an elderly care facility.-References:...
, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist
- 14 April - Erika BurkartErika BurkartErika Burkart was a Swiss writer and poet. She was the recipient of many awards, among them the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis, the Gottfried-Keller-Preis, the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, and the Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-Preis.She was born in Aarau in 1922 and died in Muri in 2010.-Poetry books:* Der...
, 88, SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
German-language author - 16 April - Carlos FranquiCarlos FranquiCarlos Franqui was a Cuban writer, poet, journalist, art critic, and political activist. After the Fulgencio Batista coup in 1952, he became involved with the "Movimiento 26 de Julio" which was directed by Fidel Castro. Upon the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, he was placed in charge of...
, 89, Cuban writer and activist - 20 April - Myles WilderMyles WilderMyles Wilder was a television comedy writer and producer.His father was director-producer W. Lee Wilder , and his uncle was Oscar-winning director Billy Wilder .-External links:...
, 77, American television comedy writer - 25 April - Alan SillitoeAlan SillitoeAlan Sillitoe was an English writer and one of the "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s.. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied.- Biography :...
, 82, British novelist - 28 April
- Evelyn CunninghamEvelyn CunninghamEvelyn Cunningham was an American journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller. Cunningham covered the early civil rights movement and was a reporter and editor for the Pittsburgh Courier...
, 94, American journalist - Stefania GrodzieńskaStefania GrodzieńskaStefania Grodzieńska was a Polish writer, stage and theatrical actress, and satirist.-Biography:She spent her young years in Łódź, where she attended ballet school. She moved to Warsaw in 1933...
, 95, Polish writer and actress
- Evelyn Cunningham
- 1 May - T. M. AlukoT. M. AlukoTimothy Mofolorunso "T. M." Aluko was a Nigerian writer.A Yoruba, Aluko was born in Ilesha in Nigeria and studied at Government College, Ibadan, and Higher College, Yaba in Lagos. He then studied civil engineering and town planning at the University of London...
, 91, Nigerian writer http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5562814-146/t.m_aluko_is_dead__.csp - 3 May
- Mohammed Abed al-JabriMohammed Abed al-JabriMohammed Abed Al-Jabri was a contemporary Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought in Mohammed V University in Rabat. He was also an expert in Arabic and Arabic literature. He is considered to have been one of the major intellectual figures in the contemporary Arab world. He...
, 73, Moroccan philosopher and writer - Peter O'DonnellPeter O'DonnellPeter O'Donnell was a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, a female action hero/undercover trouble-shooter/enforcer...
, 90, British novelist
- Mohammed Abed al-Jabri
- 6 May - Hoàng Cầm, 88, Vietnamese poet and playwright
- 7 May
- Rane ArroyoRane ArroyoRane Ramón Arroyo was an American poet, playwright, and scholar of Puerto Rican descent who wrote numerous books and received many literary awards. He was a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Toledo in Ohio. His work deals extensively with issues of immigration, Latino...
, 55, American poet, cerebral hemorrhagehttp://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/05/11/poet-rane-arroyo%E2%80%99s-death-a-%E2%80%98great-tragedy-and-loss%E2%80%99-2/ - Anders BuraasAnders BuraasAnders von Tangen Buraas was a Norwegian journalist.He was born in Kristiania as a son of editor and attorney Carl Ludvig Buraas and Dagny von Tangen . He finished his secondary education at Oslo Commerce School in 1933, and was hired as an office clerk in the newspaper Aftenposten...
, 94, Norwegian journalist
- Rane Arroyo
- 12 May
- Allan ManingsAllan ManingsAllan Manings was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer of the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear Tandem show,...
, 86, American television writer - Antonis Karkayiannis, 78, Greek journalist and newspaper publisher
- Allan Manings
- 18 May - Edoardo SanguinetiEdoardo SanguinetiEdoardo Sanguineti was an Italian writer who was born in Genoa.-Biography:During the 1960s he was a leader of the neo avant-garde Gruppo 63 movement, founded in 1963 at Solunto....
, 79, Italian poet - 6 August - Tony JudtTony JudtTony Robert Judt FBA was a British historian, essayist, and university professor who specialized in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University, and Director of NYU's Erich Maria Remarque Institute...
, 62, British historian - 9 August - Juan MarichalJuan MarichalJuan Antonio Marichal Sánchez is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Playing for the San Francisco Giants most of his career, Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters'...
, 88, Spanish historian - 10 August - Marie de GarisMarie de GarisMarie de Garis , MBE was a Guernsey author and lexicographer, who wrote the Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernésiais , the first edition of which was published in 1967. This new work largely superseded George Métivier's Dictionnaire Franco-Normand. She published Folklore of Guernsey and the...
, 100, Guernseyan author - 12 August - Laurence GardnerLaurence GardnerLaurence Gardner was a writer and lecturer in the "alternative history" genre of research.-Career:Laurence Gardner's first book Bloodline of the Holy Grail was published in 1996. The book was serialized in the Daily Mail and a best seller...
, 67, British writer - 13 August - Patrick CauvinPatrick CauvinClaude Klotz , better known by his pen name Patrick Cauvin, was a French writer.- Works :All of his works were published with Le Livre de poche except when otherwise noted....
, 77, French novelist - 14 August - Terje StigenTerje Stigen-Career:Terje Stigen was born on Magerøya in Finnmark, Norway but spent part of his childhood in Tromsø. After his final exams at Nordstrand school in Aker during 1941, he studied philology at the University of Oslo, cand.philol. English majors in 1947.)...
, 88, Norwegian author - 16 August - Narayan Gangaram Surve, 83, Indian poet
- 17 August
- Ludvík KunderaLudvík KunderaLudvík Kundera was a Czech writer, translator, poet, playwright, editor and literary historian. He was a notable exponent of the Czech avant-garde literature and a prolific translator of German authors. In 2007, he received the Medal of Merit for service to the Republic...
, 90, Czech writer and translator - Edwin Morgan, 90, Scottish poet
- Ludvík Kundera
- 18 August - Efraim SevelaEfraim SevelaEfraim Sevela was a Russian writer, screenwriter, director, producer, who after his emigration from the Soviet Union lived in Israel, USA and Russia....
, 82, Russian writer and screenwriter - 20 August - David J. WeberDavid J. WeberDavid Joseph Weber was an American historian whose research focused on the history of the Southwestern U.S...
, 69, American historian and author - 21 August - Rodolfo Enrique FogwillRodolfo Enrique FogwillRodolfo Enrique Fogwill , who normally went only by his surname, Fogwill, was an Argentine sociologist, short story writer, and novelist. He was a distant relative of the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan...
, 69, Argentine writer - 27 August
- George HitchcockGeorge Hitchcock (poet)George Parks Hitchcock was an American actor, poet, playwright, teacher, labor activist, publisher, and painter. He is best known for creating Kayak, a poetry magazine that he published as a one-man operation from 1964 to 1984...
, 96, American poet - Ravindra KelekarRavindra KelekarRavindra Kelekar was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he is a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker...
, 85, Indian author and poet
- George Hitchcock
- 29 August - A. C. BaantjerA. C. BaantjerAlbert Cornelis "Appie" Baantjer , often simply known as Baantjer, was a Dutch novelist of detective fiction and a former police officer....
, 86, Dutch author - 31 August - Vance BourjailyVance BourjailyVance Bourjaily was an American writer, novelist, playwright, journalist, and essayist.-Life:Bourjaily was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Monte Ferris Bourjaily, a Lebanese immigrant who was a journalist and later became editor of the United Features Syndicate, and Barbara Webb, an American-born...
, 87, American novelist, playwright, journalist, and essayist - 3 September
- Larry AshmeadLarry AshmeadLawrence Peel "Larry" Ashmead was an American book editor who helped create 100 books a year featuring such authors as Isaac Asimov, Quentin Crisp, Tony Hillerman, Susan Isaacs and Michael Korda at a string of publishers including Doubleday, Simon & Schuster, Lippincott, Harper & Row and its...
, 78, American book editor - Micky BurnMicky BurnMichael Clive "Micky" Burn, MC was an English journalist, commando, writer and poet.-Early life:By his own admission, in earlier life he "had been drawn to three autocracies: German National Socialism, Communism, and the Roman Catholic Church." Burn's father was secretary and solicitor to the...
, 97, British writer and poet
- Larry Ashmead
- 5 September
- Elizabeth JenkinsElizabeth Jenkins (author)Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins was an English novelist and biographer of Jane Austen, Henry Fielding, Lady Caroline Lamb, Joseph Lister and Elizabeth I.-Early life:...
, 104, English author - Lewis NkosiLewis NkosiLewis Nkosi was a South African writer and essayist. He was a multifaceted personality, and attempted every literary genre, literary criticism, poetry, drama, and novels.-Later life:...
, 73, South African writer
- Elizabeth Jenkins
- 7 September - Barbara HollandBarbara HollandBarbara Murray Holland was an American author who wrote in defense of such modern-day vices as cursing, drinking, eating fatty food and smoking cigarettes, as well as a memoir of her time spent growing up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, near Washington, D.C.-Early life:She was born on April 5, 1933, in...
, 77, American author - 10 September - Edwin Charles TubbEdwin Charles TubbEdwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future...
, 90, British science fiction author - 11 September - Fathi OsmanFathi OsmanMohamed Fathi Osman was an Egyptian author and scholar who advocated on behalf of cooperation between Islam and other religions and whose writings include an overview of the Koran for the general public....
, 82, Egyptian author - 12 September - Judith Merkle RileyJudith Merkle RileyJudith Merkle Riley was a U.S. writer and academic who wrote six historical romance novels from 1988 to 1999.-Biography:...
, 68, American author - 18 September - James Bacon, 96, American author
- 20 September - Jennifer RardinJennifer RardinJennifer Rardin was an American author. Rardin lived in Robinson, Illinois and had a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Eastern Illinois University. She is best known for the Jaz Parks series of urban fantasy novels...
, 45, American author - 24 September - Gilda O'NeillGilda O'NeillGilda O'Neill was a British novelist and historian, particularly of the local history of the East End of London-Partial List of Publications:* My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London ISBN 0140259503...
, 59, British novelist and historian - 29 September - Clifford B. HicksClifford B. HicksClifford B. Hicks was an American writer and magazine editor, best known for his children's books chronicling the adventures of Alvin Fernald.-Biography:...
, 90, American writer and editor - 1 October - Mikhail RoshchinMikhail RoshchinMikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.-Biography:Born to Mikhail N. Gibelman and Claudia Tarasovna Efimov-Tyurkin , Roshchin spent his early childhood in Sevastopol...
, 77, Russian playwright - 4 October - Henrique de Senna FernandesHenrique de Senna FernandesHenrique de Senna Fernandes , was a Macanese writer. Born in 1923 as one of 11 siblings to an old Macanese family, whom settle in Macau over 250 years ago, he studied law at University of Coimbra before becoming a writer. His work, written in the Portuguese language, evokes the atmosphere of the...
, 86, Macanese author - 5 October
- Alba BouwerAlba BouwerAlbertha Magdalena Bouwer was a South African Afrikaans-writing journalist and author. She is best known for her series of children's stories about the experiences of a small girl called Alie growing up in the fictional location Rivierplaas in rural Free State...
, 90, South African writer - Bernard ClavelBernard ClavelBernard Charles Henri Clavel was a French writer.Clavel was born in Lons-le-Saunier. From a humble background, he was largely self-educated. He began working as a pastry cook apprentice when he was 14 years old. He later had several jobs until he began working as a journalist in the 1950s...
, 87, French writer
- Alba Bouwer
- 11 October - Claire RaynerClaire RaynerClaire Berenice Rayner OBE was an English nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist, best known for her role for many years as an agony aunt.-Early life:...
, 79, British author - 12 October - Belva PlainBelva PlainBelva Plain , née Offenberg, was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction. She was born in New York City.-Biography:...
, 95, American novelist - 13 October - Donald H. TuckDonald H. TuckDonald Henry Tuck was a bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction. His works were "among the most extensive produced since the pioneering work of Everett F...
, 87, Australian science fiction bibliographer - 20 October
- Eva IbbotsonEva IbbotsonEva Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her award-winning children's books as well as her novels for adults - several of which have been successfully reissued for the young adult readership in recent years.-Personal life:Eva Ibbotson was born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner...
, 85, Austrian-born British novelist - Robert KatzRobert KatzRobert Katz was an American novelist, screenwriter, and non-fiction author.Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Sidney and Helen Katz, née Holland, and married Beverly Gerstel on September 22, 1957...
, 77, American writer - Julian RobertsJulian RobertsRichard Julian Roberts FSA was a British librarian, bibliographer, and scholar.Julian Roberts was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he started reading Classics, but switched to English in his first year.- Biography :In the early 1950s, Roberts began...
, 80, British librarian
- Eva Ibbotson
- 21 October - A. AyyappanA. AyyappanA. Ayyappan was a Malayalam poet in the modernist period. Born in a wealthy goldsmith's family, in Nemom, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, he became a non-conformist member of reading Malayali families. He had a very tragic childhood. His father, Arumukham, died when he was only one year old, perhaps...
, 61, Indian poet - 22 October - Alí ChumaceroAli ChumaceroAlí Chumacero Lora was a Mexican poet.-Career:Chumacero was born in Acaponeta, Nayarit. He was the joint editor of Tierra Nueva magazine from 1940-42. He edited Letras de México and El Hijo Pródigo....
, 92, Mexican writer and poet - 23 October - George CainGeorge CainGeorge Cain was an African American author who is renowned for writing Blueschild Baby, a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1970. The basis of the book is about the life of a drug user who finally overcomes his addiction...
, 66, American author - 24 October - Joseph SteinJoseph SteinJoseph Stein was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.-Biography:...
, 98, American playwright - 25 October - Vesna ParunVesna ParunVesna Parun was a Croatian poet.After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. From 1947 she was a free artist, writing poetry, essays, criticism and children's literature. She...
, 88, Croatian poet - 29 October - Bärbel MohrBarbel MohrBärbel Mohr was a German author. Since 1998 she published 20 German books – including the best-selling Bestellungen beim Universum , translated into 14 languages so far and a German audio edition – which combined have more than 1.5 million copies in print.-Career:In 1995 she...
, 46, German author - 30 October - Harry MulischHarry MulischHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch author. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections. These have been translated into more than 20 languages....
, 83, Dutch writer - 1 November - Monica JohnsonMonica JohnsonMonica McGowan Johnson was an American novelist and screenwriter whose film credits included Mother, Lost in America, Modern Romance, Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again and The Muse. Her television credits included The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Laverne & Shirley...
, 64, American novelist - 3 November - P. LalP. LalPurushottama Lal was an Indian poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher. He was the founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta, established in 1958.-Life and education:...
, 81, Indian writer - 4 November - Ophelia Alcantara DimalantaOphelia Alcantara DimalantaOphelia Alcantara Dimalanta was a poet, editor, author, and teacher. One of the country's most respected writers, Dimalanta published several books of poetry, criticism, drama, and prose and edited various literary anthologies. In 1999, she received Southeast Asia's highest literary honor, the S.E.A...
, 76, Filipino poet - 5 November - Adrian PăunescuAdrian PaunescuAdrian Păunescu was a Romanian poet, journalist, and politician. Though criticised for praising dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Păunescu was called "Romania's most famous poet" in a Associated Press story, quoted by the New York Times.-Life:Born in Copăceni, Bălţi County, in what is now the Republic...
, 67, Romanian author, poet - 8 November
- Philip CarloPhilip CarloPhilip Carlo was a journalist and best selling biographer of Thomas Pitera, Richard Kuklinski, Anthony Casso, and Richard Ramirez.-Life:...
, 61, American crime author - George SolomosGeorge SolomosGeorge Paul Solomos , also known as Themistocles Hoetis from 1948 to 1958, was an American publisher, poet, filmmaker and novelist.- Family background :...
, 85, American editor and writer
- Philip Carlo
- 9 November - Ektor KaknavatosEktor KaknavatosEktor Kaknavatos is the pen name of Greek poet and essayist Yorgis Kontoyorgis , who was born in Peireus, Greece. Between 1937 and 1941 he studied mathematics in Athens...
, 90, Greek poet - 11 November - Carlos Edmundo de OryCarlos Edmundo de OryCarlos Edmundo de Ory was born in the Spanish city of Cadiz, was a Spanish avant-garde poet.Ory was fundamental in modernizing post-Spanish Civil War poetry by creating work that engaged major twentieth-century European avant-gardes such as Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism...
, 87, Spanish poet - 15 November
- Edmond Amran El MalehEdmond Amran El MalehEdmond Amran El Maleh was one of the best known Moroccan writers.-Biography:El Maleh was born in Safi, Morocco to a Jewish family from Safi. He moved to Paris in 1965, working there as a journalist and a teacher of philosophy.He only began writing in 1980, at the age of 63, traveling back and...
, 93, Moroccan writer - Hugh PratherHugh PratherHugh Prather was a writer, minister, and counselor, most famous for his first book, Notes to Myself , which was first published in 1970, sold over 5 million copies, and has been translated into ten languages.Together with his second wife, Gayle Prather, whom he married in 1965, he wrote other...
, 72, American self-help author
- Edmond Amran El Maleh
- 16 November - Ragnhild MagerøyRagnhild MagerøyRagnhild Magerøy is a Norwegian novelist, essayist and poet. She made her literary début in 1957 with the novel Gunhild, the first in a novel trilogy from the rural society in the 19th century. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1975.-References:...
, 90, Norwegian writer - 21 November - Norris Church MailerNorris Church MailerNorris Church Mailer was the widow of American novelist, Norman Mailer, and author of the memoir, A Ticket to the Circus, and of several novels.Before her relationship with Mailer, she married Larry Norris, gave birth to son Matthew in 1972, and was divorced in 1975...
, 61, American author - 25 November - Yaroslav PavulyakYaroslav PavulyakYaroslav Ivanovych Pavulyak was a Ukrainian poet. He was also known as Iaroslav Pavuliak.-Life:He was born in the village of Nastasiv in Ternopil, western Ukraine. He attended art school in Lviv, focusing on ceramics. He graduated in 1967...
, 62, Ukrainian poet - 29 November - Bella Akhmadulina, 73, Russian poet
- 5 December
- David French, 71, Canadian playwright
- Heda Margolius KovályHeda Margolius KovályHeda Margolius Kovály was a Czech writer.- Early life :She was born Heda Bloch to Jewish parents in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where she lived until 1941 when her family was rounded up along with the rest of the city's Jewish population and taken to the Lodz Ghetto in central Poland.-...
, 91, Czech author
- 6 December - Martin RussMartin RussMartin Faxon Russ was an American military author, Marine, and associate professor at Carnegie-Mellon University...
, 79, American author - 7 December - Elizabeth EdwardsElizabeth EdwardsElizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S...
, 61, American author - 11 December - Julia Budenz, 76, American author and poet
- 15 December - Peter O. Chotjewitz, 76, German author
- 20 December - Brian HanrahanBrian HanrahanBrian Hanrahan was the Diplomatic Editor for BBC News and a well known correspondent. He also presented The World at One on BBC Radio Four and appeared on regular cover shifts on the rolling news channel BBC News 24...
, 61, British journalist - 21 December - Aaron S. Zelman, 64, American author
- 24 December - Elisabeth BeresfordElisabeth BeresfordElisabeth 'Liza' Beresford, MBE was a British author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a family with many literary connections, she worked as a journalist but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the 1960s...
, 84, British children's author, creator of The WomblesThe WomblesThe Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968...
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