Jimmy Buffett obituary
American singer and songwriter best known for his 1977 hit Margaritaville who went on to become a successful businessman
Isabel Crook obituary
Canadian anthropologist who joined Mao Zedong’s rural revolution and stayed on to build a ‘new China’
James Leavey obituary
Other Lives: Journalist, writer and computer games developer who wrote the Sharing an Ashtray column for Punch magazine
Martin Walser obituary
Journalist, writer and novelist who played a controversial role in the cultural life of postwar Germany
Peter Skipp obituary
Other lives: Translator who interpreted for the EU, Nato and several Bulgarian presidents
Gavin Selerie obituary
Other lives: Lecturer and writer whose poetry mixed verse with original academic analysis
Nicky Singer obituary
Other lives: Author and playwright whose novel Feather Boy was adapted into a BBC TV children’s drama
Marlena Spieler obituary
Writer of more than 70 cookbooks, whose love of the cuisines of Mexico and Italy kept her on a perpetual hunt for delicious meals
Colin Spencer obituary
Writer and artist whose cookery column for the Guardian also dealt with the ethics of agriculture and food production
Carol Smith obituary
Other lives: Literary agent who used her publishing expertise to write her own bestselling thrillers
Jim Powell obituary
Other lives: Writer and historian whose success as a novelist began when he was 61
Sue Dymoke obituary
Other lives: Teacher, academic and poet
Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood obituary
Judge who made a lasting impact on immigration and sexual offence law and went on to become a supreme court justice
Gareth Floyd obituary
Other lives: Book illustrator whose drawings were used in more than 150 episodes of the BBC’s Jackanory series
Milan Kundera obituary
Influential Czech-born author of the bestselling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being