September 12 – Judith Merkle Riley, American author (born 1942) September 18 – James Bacon, American author (born 1914) September 20 – Jennifer Rardin, American author (born 1965) September 24 – Gilda O'Neill, English novelist and historian (born 1951) September 29 – Clifford B. Hicks, American writer and editor (born 1920) October 1 – Mikhail Roshchin, Russian playwright (born 1933) October 4 – Henrique de Senna Fernandes, Macanese author (born 1923) October 5 Alba Bouwer, South African writer in Afrikaans (born 1920) Bernard Clavel, French writer (born 1923) October 11 – Claire Rayner, English author (born 1931) October 12 – Belva Plain, American novelist (born 1915) October 13 – Donald H. Tuck, Australian science fiction bibliographer (born 1922) October 20 Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-born English novelist (born 1925) Robert Katz, American writer (born 1933) Julian Roberts, English scholar and librarian (born 1930) October 21 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet in Malayalam (born 1945) October 22 – Alí Chumacero, Mexican writer and poet (born 1918) October 23 – George Cain, American author (born 1943) October 24 – Joseph Stein, American playwright (born 1912) October 25 – Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (born 1922) October 29 – Bärbel Mohr, German author (born 1964) October 30 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (born 1927) November 1 – Monica Johnson, American novelist (born 1946) November 3 – P. Lal, Indian writer (born 1929) November 4 – Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, Filipino poet (born 1932) November 5 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian author and poet (born 1943) November 8 Philip Carlo, American crime author (born 1949) George Solomos, American poet and writer (born 1925) November 9 – Ektor Kaknavatos, Greek poet (born 1920) November 11 – Carlos Edmundo de Ory, Spanish poet (born 1923) November 15 Edmond Amran El Maleh, Moroccan writer (born 1917) Hugh Prather, American self-help author (born 1938) November 16 – Ragnhild Magerøy, Norwegian writer (born 1920) November 21 – Norris Church Mailer, American author (born 1949) November 25 Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (born 1930) Yaroslav Pavulyak, Ukrainian poet (born 1948) November 29 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (born 1937) December 5 David French, Canadian playwright (born 1939) Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author (born 1919) December 6 – Martin Russ, American author (born 1931) December 7 – Elizabeth Edwards, American author (born 1949) December 9 – Meirion Pennar, Welsh poet and academic, son of Pennar Davies (born 1944) December 14 – Ruth Park, New Zealand