Barbara Kafka obituary
Renowned American cookery writer who enjoyed success with her 1987 bestseller Microwave Gourmet
John Julius Norwich obituary
Writer and broadcaster keen to share his many passions
Elizabeth Wallis obituary
Other lives: Founder member of the Society of Indexers
Peter Mayer obituary
Charismatic publisher who combined erudition with commercial savvy to turn Penguin Books into a global brand
Peter Lewis obituary
Other lives: Librarian at the forefront of technological change in the British Library
Bob Woffinden obituary
Journalist who campaigned on behalf of those he believed were victims of miscarriage of justice
Reg Gadney obituary
Artist, television scriptwriter and author of thrillers featuring unheroic heroes
Clive Sinclair obituary
Other lives: Novelist whose forte was the short story
Michael Moran obituary
Other lives: Professor of government at Manchester University and a leading authority on British politics
Emma Smith obituary
Author who enjoyed a resurgence when her bestselling 1950 novel The Far Cry was republished more than 50 years later
David Russell obituary
Other lives: Author and collector of woodworking tooks
Karen Dawisha obituary
Author and academic whose book Putin’s Kleptocracy exposed how the Russian president rose to power
Peter Nicholls obituary
Other lives: Academic whose encyclopedia of science fiction became the definitive reference work
Maqbool Hasan Khan obituary
Other lives: English professor and bilingual literary critic whose passion was Shakespeare’s plays
Livia Gollancz obituary
Professional musician with a second career heading the publishing company Victor Gollancz