Charlotte MacLeod, 82. Mystery writer; protagonists were often amateur sleuths. Jan. 14.
Vivian Green, 89. British historian; inspiration for John le Carre's spymaster George Smiley. Jan. 18.
Ephraim Kishon, 80. Best-selling Israeli humorist. Jan. 29.
Arthur Miller, 89. One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, who gave the world "Death of a Salesman" and married Marilyn Monroe. Feb. 10.
Hunter S. Thompson, 67. Acerbic counterculture writer ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"). Feb. 20. Suicide.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, 75. Cuban-born novelist hailed as one of the most original voices in 20th-century Spanish literature. Feb. 21.
Hugh Nibley, 94. Mormon historian. Feb. 24.
Harold Brooks-Baker, 71. Publisher of aristocratic genealogy guide Burke's Peerage. March 5.
George F. Kennan, 101. Diplomat, Pulitzer-winning historian; gave the name "containment" to Cold War policy. March 17.
Saul Bellow, 89. Nobel-winning author of "Herzog,""Humboldt's Gift." April 5.
Frank Conroy, 69. Memoirist ("Stop-Time"), director of famed University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. April 6.
Larry Collins, 75. Co-author of "Is Paris Burning?,"best-seller on Nazi occupation of French capital. June 20.
Shelby Foote, 88. Brought Southern storyteller's touch to his multivolume work on the Civil War, and landmark PBS series. June 27.
Claude Simon, 91. French novelist; won 1985 Nobel for literature. July 6.
Judith Rossner, 70. Her novel "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" was made into a movie starring Diane Keaton. Aug. 9.
Evan Hunter, 78. Novelist, screenwriter. His Ed McBain detective series pioneered the police procedural genre. July 6.
Ba Jin, 100. One of China's most revered communist-era writers. Oct. 17.
John Fowles, 79. British author ("The Collector," "The French Lieutenant's Woman"). Nov. 5.
Peter F. Drucker, 95. His books stressing innovation, entrepreneurship deeply influenced world of business. Nov. 11.
Vine Deloria Jr., 72. Author, advocate of Indian rights ("Custer Died for Your Sins"). Nov. 13.
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