My favourite author just died

[LadybugsUnite]

I feel so very sad about it, and also stupid for feeling so sad about someone I don’t even know? She announced a few months ago that she wouldn’t be writing anymore due to health reasons. That was awful because there were series that I love that will never be finished. But now she’s dead, and I should have realised it was a possibility, but I’m just so disproportionately upset about it. She was very active on social media, and some of her family joined in, I just keep thinking of them and feeling so bad for them. Is this a natural response? I’ve seen people distraught when celebrities die, but never really understood it

[plodalong12]

I was very, very upset and completely shocked when I learned that a front woman of a band I liked had passed away, I had no idea she was ill and googled her to see if they were playing live any time soon and found out she died six months previously, about ten years ago now. So I completely understand.

[nocoolnamesleft]

I was gutted when TP died, even though it could be seen coming for a while.

[DameFanny]

It feels more personal with authors I think, because they take you inside their heads. And I still miss TP.

[gobbynorthernbird]

GNU

[Itawapuddytat]

P K-M?

[FlappyFish]

Lucinda Riley? Her Son is apparently going to finish the Pa Salt book.

I get it. Even if not her. When you connect with a book or writer it is real.

[HollowTalk]

Who is it, OP?

[LadybugsUnite]

Sorry no none of them, it’s C.M.Owens? She wrote a combination of sci fi and humour and her books are what got me back into loving reading. Pure escapism in a laugh out loud way

[TimeIhadaNameChange]

@Itawapuddytat

P K-M?

Who is that? (Sorry, going mad trying to figure it out!)

[notacooldad]

Who was that plodalong12?

[FelicityBeedle]

I almost cried when Terry Pratchett died, his books will always be an escape for me. Sounds like I might like this author of yours

[plodalong12]

@notacooldad
www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/26/poly-styrene-dies-aged-53

[Itawapuddytat]

Sorry to hear, OP The one I've mentioned is Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, she died a few days ago . The author of the Keltiad Books. Very sad to hear a few other writers have recently passed away

... I understand how you feel. I still feel very sad when I think of Carrie Fisher - who was not only a great actress and person, but also a talented writer, I have very much enjoyed reading her books.

[whatswithtodaytoday]

I cried at work when Terry Pratchett died. I had to keep dashing to the loo to have a sob and in the end just went home early.

It's not just that you're sad they're gone, but also selfishly sad for all the wonderful books they won't now write.

[Itawapuddytat]

She also used to be quite known for her relationship/marriage with Jim Morrison ("The Doors" ). But also a great fantasy and murder mystery writer, rock music criticism publisher and journalist.

[Teacupsandtoast]

I was (still am) utterly heartbroken when Patricia Leitch died - she had injected so much magic in to my childhood with the Jinny series. I understand!

[FelicityBeedle]

@plodalong12
An artist on Instagram did a wonderful stitched portrait of Poly styrene
Stitchin in the kitchen

[Nousernameforme]

I stood in the kitchen and proper sobbed for STP, his words got me through a lot it was over a year till I could read the shepherd's crown. It's the only death that's ever effected me.

[plodalong12]

@FelicityBeedle I think I’ve found it - the one with a purple background? ❤️ it

[FelicityBeedle]

@plodalong12 I can’t find the portrait but I know it exists!

[username18702]

I was really upset when Bowie died. I really cried and it took me completely by surprise. It was as though part of my childhood was gone - I grew up in the 70s. I didn't realise how much he had influenced my taste in men either.

Yes I completely understand OP. Writers are like gods to me, I was really upset when Iain Banks died, Pratchett, Vonnegut, Le Guin et al. I don't cry but I feel a loss.

[WFHWF]

Feel for you OP. I think it’s completely normal. I was upset when Iain Banks died and I’m still sad when I think about it even though he passed away years ago now. Sometimes an event happens and I think, what would he make of this? As @DameFanny said, you spend so long in their heads.

[OldGreyBoots]

My favourite musician and lyricist died at the start of 2020, I cried more than once that day. You definitely form a bond through words and if they touch you personally, it definitely makes sense that you'd be upset

[Failingbettereverytime]

I just discovered through this thread that Lucinda Riley has died. I am a huge fan of hers and I'm really shocked. I understand how you feel OP.

[hilariousnamehere]

I understand OP - I cried when Robert Jordan died and later when Terry Pratchett did - despite not knowing either of them except through their writing.