Barbara Ehrenreich obituary

American journalist and author of the bestselling Nickel and Dimed, her 2001 memoir of living undercover on the breadline

Dame Hilary Mantel obituary

Double Booker prize-winning author best known for her Wolf Hall trilogy based on the life of Thomas Cromwell

Other lives: Dedicated campaigner who started the first Namibian publishing house

Other lives: Arts administrator who founded the Ilkley Literature festival in 1973

One of Spain’s greatest modern novelists whose constant themes were secrets and betrayal

Award-winning horror writer whose novels included Julia, Ghost Story and the bestselling The Talisman with Stephen King

Leading authority on the life of George Orwell who edited the mammoth 20-volume George Orwell: The Complete Works

Children’s author whose popular series beginning with The Spook’s Apprentice drew on Lancashire history and folklore

Portuguese poet of the everyday and translator of works by Emily Dickinson and Shakespeare’s sonnets

Other lives: Professor of French studies who wrote widely on French cinema and cultural theory

Bestselling historian who put the lives and experience of the people who built the US at the heart of his work

Author of The Horse Whisperer, the 1995 book that was turned into a popular film, starring and directed by Robert Redford

Novelist and dramatist who went on to become one of the most respected television critics of his generation

Other lives: Author and journalist who operated in London, Glasgow and Amsterdam

Author-illustrator known for The Snowman and Father Christmas whose books often explored the quiet heroism of ordinary lives