Canot sur les chemins d'eau du Roi (By boat through the royal waterways) Paul A. Robinson – Queer Wars Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn – Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing James S. Shapiro – 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare Masamune Shirow – Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface Rebecca Solnit – A Field Guide to Getting Lost David Southwell – Secrets and Lies James B. Stewart – DisneyWar Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (encyclopedia) Deaths January 4 – Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, children's fiction writer and radio broadcaster (born 1946) January 7 – Pierre Daninos, French novelist (born 1913) January 14 – Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (born 1922) January 15 Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (born 1920) Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (born 1913) January 19 – K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (suicide, born 1974) January 20 – Roland Frye, American theologian and critic (born 1921) January 21 John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917) Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (born 1907) January 24 – Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (born 1933) January 25 – Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator (born 1923) January 29 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (born 1924) February 10 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (born 1915) February 11 – Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (born 1944) February 20 – Hunter S. Thompson, American writer, creator of Gonzo journalism (born 1937) February 21 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (born 1929) February 25 – Phoebe Hesketh, English poet (born 1909) March 7 – Willis Hall, English playwright (born 1929) March 8 Alice Thomas Ellis, English novelist, essayist and cookery book author (born 1932) Anna Haycraft, English novelist (born 1932) March 10 – Patience Gray, English cookery and travel writer (born 1917) March 17 – Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (born 1912) March 22 – Anthony Creighton, English playwright (born 1922) March 30 – Robert Creeley, American poet (born 1926) April 5 – Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (born 1915) April 7 – Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (meningitis, born 1964) April 26 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (born 1917) May 7 – Tristan Egolf, American novelist (suicide, born 1971) June 9 – Hovis Presley, English poet (heart attack, born 1960) June 10 – Nick Darke, Cornish playwright (cancer, born 1948) June 14