This list of famous authors who have died in 2013 is a complete list of writers, journalists, authors, essayists, memoirists, and historians who count among the writers who have died in 2013. This is a list of the celebrity writers who have passed so far this year and is continuously updated as authors die and includes all the writers who have committed suicide, the authors who died in accidents, and the writers who died of natural causes in 2013. The world is a little less informed without these talented authors in it to bring us their words and stories.
If you're wondering what famous writers have died in 2013, this is the place to look. If a notable author or writer dies this year, they'll be on the list along with any famous journalists who died in 2013.
This list will be updated along with the Celebrity Deaths 2013 as more people leave this world.
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Richard Ben Cramer
1/7/13: Richard Ben Cramer, a journalist, author, and winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, has died of lung cancer. He was 62.
Sol Yurick
1/5/13: Sol Yurick, an author whose works include The Warriors (which later became a cult hit movie), has died of lung cancer. He was 87.
Steven Utley
1/12/13: Steven Utley, a poet and essayist best known for his science-fiction writing, has died of cancer. He was 64.
Nadeane Walker
1/7/13: Nadeane Walker, a journalist, foreign correspondent, and former fashion editor for the Associated Press, has died at 91.
Michael Triplett
1/17/13: Michael Triplett, a journalist and president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, has died of cancer. He was 48.
John R. Powers
1/17/13: John R. Powers, a novelist and playwright, has died of a heart attack. He was 67.
Jean Giambrone
1/21/13: Jean Giambrone, a sports journalist who was the first women to ever receive press credentials for the Masters of Golf, has died of a blood clot. She was 91.
Jaques Sadoul
1/18/13: Jaques Sadoul, an author whose work Histoire de la science fiction moderne propelled science fiction into serious academic study, has died at 78.
T.S. Cook
1/5/13: T.S. Cook, a screenwriter whose credits include The China Syndrome, has died of cancer. He was 65.
Richard A. Long
1/4/13: Richard A. Long, an author and American cultural historian, has died at 85.