of Colored People (NAACP). A 2004 review of Drive Me Crazy in The New York Times by Janet Maslin stated, "Mr. Dickey's characters have enough sultry self-confidence to suggest, at their best, a Prince song on paper." His final novel, The Son of Mr. Suleman, is scheduled for publication posthumously in April 2021. Death On January 3, 2021, Dickey died of cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 59. His death was confirmed in an official statement from his publisher, Dutton. A The New York Times obituary described Dickey as "one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century". Bibliography Gideon Series Sleeping with Strangers (2007) Waking with Enemies (2007) Dying for Revenge (November 2008) Resurrecting Midnight (August 2009) Finding Gideon (April 2017) Other works Sister, Sister (1996) Friends & Lovers (1997), later adapted as a stage play of the same name by Je'Caryous Johnson in 2004. Milk in My Coffee (1998) Cappuccino (film screenplay) (1998) Cheaters (1999) Liar's Game (2000) Got to Be Real (2000) - contributing writer Mothers & Sons (2000) - contributing writer Between Lovers (2001) Griots Beneath the Baobab: Tales from Los Angeles (2002) - contributing writer Black Silk (2002) Thieves' Paradise (2002) Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) - contributing writer The Other Woman (2003) Naughty or Nice (2003) Drive Me Crazy (2004) Genevieve (2005) Voices from the Other Side: Dark Dreams II (2006) - contributing writer Chasing Destiny (2006) Pleasure (2008) Tempted by Trouble (August 2010) An Accidental Affair (April 2012) The Education of Nia Simone Bijou (February 2013) Decadence (April 2013) A Wanted Woman (April 2014) One Night (April 2015) Naughtier than Nice (October 2015) The Blackbirds (April 2016) Bad Men and Wicked Women (April 2018) Before We Were Wicked (April 2019) The Business of Lovers (April 2020) The Son of Mr. Suleman (April 2021) Awards In the 2007 Glyph Comics Awards, the Fan Award for Best Comic was won by Storm, which was written by Eric Jerome Dickey. References External links 1961 births 2021 deaths Writers from Memphis, Tennessee African-American male comedians African-American novelists 20th-century American novelists American male comedians American male screenwriters University of Memphis alumni 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American erotica writers American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians Deaths