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New York Times bestselling author, who was 59 years old, had been battling an illness, his publicist confirmed. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Dickey began writing stories in 1989 and saw his first work, Sister, Sister, published in 1996. Dickey was celebrated for illustrating Black life as it was, without mentions of slavery and civil rights or falling into what many readers saw as stereotypes of Black storytelling. Roxane Gay and journalist Ernest Owens paid their respects on Twitter, along with a number of other fans, expressing their sadness over the loss of a favorite author and a prominent Black voice. Dickey published 29 novels before his death. ....