From NPR: Eric Jerome Dickey, Bestselling Author Whose Novels Focused On Black Life, Dies at 59… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now!
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.”
Dickey’s 29 novels connected with audiences with his conversational writing style, which translated into more than 7 million copies of his books being sold worldwide.
See full post on NPR.org