Deaths
- January 31 – Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction writer
- February 7 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, aviator
- February 14 – Alan Ross, 78, poet and editor
- March 12 – Robert Ludlum, author
- May 11 – Douglas Adams, author (heart attack) (born 1952)
- May 13 – R.K. Narayan, 94, Indian novelist
- June 1 – Hank Ketcham, 81, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace
- June 27 – Tove Jansson, children's author
- July 3 – Mordecai Richler
- August 1 – Poul Anderson – fantasy / sci-fi author
- August 6 – Jorge Amado, 88, Brazilian writer
- August 20 – Fred Hoyle, Astronomer and science fiction writer
- November 10 – Ken Kesey, 66, author.
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