Ann Mactaggart obituary

Other lives: Teacher and accomplished seamstress who became well known for the restoration of harpsichords

Greg Bear obituary

US science fiction writer whose novels combined a wide-ranging view of future technical developments with political speculation

Czech actor who described how she survived several Nazi camps during the Holocaust in her book The Tin Ring

British playwright best known for Master Class, as well as for comic novels inspired by his time in Zambia

German poet, writer and editor determined that West Germany should not ignore its Nazi past

Other lives: Biographer who studied the life of Edith Sitwell and also wrote a history of vodka

Groundbreaking author, initially of lesbian-themed fiction including the 1952 bestseller Spring Fire

Writer and broadcaster who lent his fishing expertise to TV and radio shows and co-authored The River Cottage Fish Book

Author, illustrator and maker of toys and automata whose work displayed a playful charm and gentle wit

Author whose critically acclaimed books, mostly for children, were told with optimism despite their often dark themes

Other lives: Author of the Glory Gardens series of cricket stories for children and founder of a floating bookshop in Greenwich

Other lives: Landscape designer and author, who wrote about Zen gardening, Woburn Abbey and Coleridge’s walks

Eminent Shakespearean scholar who wrote a revisionist biography of the playwright highlighting his misogyny and snobbery

Actor, writer, bon vivant and charity fundraiser who made a huge contribution to English cricket

Writer whose blog about cooking her way through the recipes of Julia Child became the Hollywood film Julie & Julia