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Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, whose novels depicted romance, erotica and suspense from the Black perspective, including
Milk in My Coffee,
Sleeping with Strangers and
Friends and Lovers, has died. He was 59.
He died in Los Angeles on Jan. 3 after a long illness, his longtime publicist confirmed Tuesday.
His publisher, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, referred to the popular writer as an iconic author and friend on social media.
Dickey s longtime publicist Emily Canders echoed those sentiments on Twitter adding, As Eric s publicist for many years, I ll always remember what a kind, genuine person he was. Even when I was a young publicist (that definitely made mistakes here & there!) he was always so gracious. And it s rare to find fans more loyal than his.
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.”
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.
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. In comedy you learn to write with flow segue, setup, and punch line but in a way that people won t see or notice. And in theater you learn about character, he told BookPage in 2000. You ve got to bring something to it, and what you bring is the understanding of the character you get from doing your homework, from understanding the little stuff like speech patterns and the way the character walks, and from understanding the big stuff your character s motivation.