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Eric Jerome Dickey, the best-selling author known for his novels exploring contemporary Black life, died Jan. 3 in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 59.
Amanda Walker, publicity director at Penguin Random House s Dutton imprint, said in a statement, Eric Jerome Dickey loved being a writer and all that it encompassed. He loved challenging himself with each book; he adored his readers and beloved fans and was always grateful for his success. We are proud to have been his publisher over the span of his award-winning career. He will truly be missed.
Throughout the Memphis native s lengthy career, he published 29 novels, including multiple
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.
New York Times best-sellers, has died at the age of 59.
The author, who published 29 novels, succumbed to cancer on Sunday in Los Angeles, a publicist at Penguin Random House confirmed.
It is with great sadness that we confirm that beloved New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey passed away on Jan. 3, at age 59. He will be greatly missed by us at Dutton and by the readers and fans he adored. @EricJDickeypic.twitter.com/rh9eaG4gUT
According to
Entertainment Weekly, Amanda Walker, publicity director at Penguin Random House’s Dutton imprint, said in a statement, “Eric Jerome Dickey loved being a writer and all that it encompassed. He loved challenging himself with each book; he adored his readers and beloved fans and was always grateful for his success. We are proud to have been his publisher over the span of his award-winning career. He will truly be missed.”