Eric Brown, science fiction author and Guardian critic, dies aged 62

Writers, publishers and agents pay tribute to a warm, generous figure, author of more than 50 books ranging from SFF to crime to children’s literatureEric Brown, a prolific, award-winning author who published more than 50 novels, children’s books and short story collections, and who was the Guardian’s science fiction reviewer for a number of years, has died aged 62.Brown, who was born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, and latterly lived in Berwickshire, Scotland, with his wife, Finn and daughter Freya, died on 21 March after contracting sepsis, having been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma a year ago. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-03-23 13:58:10 UTC ]

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