Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) Eric Jerome Dickey, the bestselling novelist who blended crime, romance and eroticism in “Sister, Sister,” “Waking With Enemies” and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life, has died at age 59.
Dickey’s publicist at Penguin Random House, Emily Canders, told The Associated Press that the author died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long illness. She did not immediately provide details beyond listing four daughters among his survivors.
Dickey was an aspiring actor and stand-up comic who began writing fiction in his mid-30s and shaped a witty, conversational and sometimes graphic prose style. It brought him a wide readership through such novels as “Sister, Sister” and “Naughty or Nice” and through his “Gideon” crime fiction series, which included “Sleeping With Strangers” and “Resurrecting Midnight.”
Dickey, who began writing fiction in his mid-30s, wrote ‘Sister, Sister,’ ‘Waking With Enemies’ and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life.
Eric Jerome Dickey dies after long illness
Eric Jerome Dickey has passed away
THE LITERARY and authorship space was left feeling a little dim this week following the news that bestselling novelist Eric Jerome Dickey had died.
The 59-year-old is reported to have passed away following a long battle with cancer.
An aspiring actor and stand-up comic who began writing fiction over 25 years-ago some of Dickey’s best known titles were ‘Friends and Lovers’, ‘Sister, Sister’ and ‘Waking With Enemies’.
According to his publisher Dickay wrote 29 books and sold over seven million copies.
Eric Jerome Dickey
He also worked on the screenplay for the 1998 movie “Cappuccino,” wrote a comic book miniseries for Marvel, and contributed to such anthologies as “Mothers and Sons” and “Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica.”