Below is a listing of members of our community who have passed away since the In Memoriam list was compiled for Glasgow 2024 last year. This covers the period from July 15, 2024 to July 15, 2025. If you know of someone you believe should be included, please let us know. Submissions received after July 15, 2025 will be passed along to LAcon V.
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We express our thanks to Steven H Silver for maintaining this list on behalf of the community.
In Memoriam – 2024
Author Lyubomir Nikolov-Narvi (b.1950) died on July 20, In addition to writing eight science fiction novels, including The Tenth Righteous Man and A Worm Under the Autumn Wind as well as more than 30 Choose-Your-Own Adventure books, Nikolov-Narvi translated Tolkien, Herbert, Sheckley, and King into Bulgarian.
Artist Margaret Jones (b.1918) died on July 23. Jones is best known for her illustrations of the Mabinogion, but she also created a map of Wales showing its mythological connections.
Fan and costumer Miki Dennis (b.1958) died on July 27. Dennis was a multiple winner of Worldcon masquerades. She frequently performed her original work in filk circles. Dennis was active in the Far Isles Medieval Society.
Author Rhondi A.V. Salsitz (b.1949) died on July 29. Salsitz, who wrote under a variety of names, including Charles Ingrid, Sara Hanover, and Emily Drake, was the author of several fantasy and SF series, including Dragontales, Elvin Ways, Magickers, and Patterns of Chaos.
Fan Jenna Murphy (b.1983) was found dead on July 31 after missing since July 10. Murphy was active in Windycon, serving as the art show number two.
Fan and editor Carl-Eddy Skovgaard (b.1951) died on July 31. Skovgaard was active in the Danish Fan Association and Science Fiction Cirklen. He served as editor of Lige under overfladen and Sky City.
Fan Taral Wayne (b.1951) died on July 31. Wayne was the Fan Guest of Honor at Anticipation in 2009. Wayne was an 11 time Hugo finalist and received the FAAn Award for unrecognized fan achievement. He published several of his own fanzines and appeared in many other zines.
Comic writer Joyce Brabner (b.1952) died on August 1. Brabner edited Real War Stories and wrote the graphic novels Brought to Light and Our Cancer Year. She was also featured in American Splendor after marrying Harvey Pekar.
Fan Deb Wunder (b.1952) died on August 1. Wunder was an active filk fan and served on the Contata committee, running security for several years. She was active in New York APA fandom. Wunder published a handful of short stories in the early 90s.
Fan Jeff Warner died the first weekend of August. Warner was one of the founders of I-CON at University of New York Stony Brook and continued to attend and volunteer at cons over the years. He chaired 8Pi-Con in 2014.
Author Jeremy Strong (b.1949) died on August 4. Strong as the author of dozens of children’s books including the genre novels There’s a Pharaoh in Our Bath!, Doctor Bonkers!, and Romans on the Rampage.
Fan Jim Caughran (b.1940) died on August 6. Caughran entered fandom in the 1950s. He was active in FAPA, The Cult, and OMPA and published several additional zines. More recently, he started the process of moving Fancyclopedia online and was the first editor of Fancyclopedia 3.
Artist Adolf Schaller (b.1956) died on August 9. Schaller was an astronomical artist and his attention to scientific detail led to working on Cosmos. His work was also featured in the film Brainstorm. He collaborated with Terrence Dickinson on the book Extraterrestrials: A Field Guide for Earthlings.
Author Janet Morris (b.1946) died on August 10. Morris created the Heroes in Hell shared world anthology series and participated in Thieves World, writing several spin-off novels. She wrote the Kerron Empire books, the Silestra books and collaborated with David Drake and with her husband, Chris.
Fan Bill Desmond (b.1941) died on August 11. A member of The Science & Fiction Critics Club, he was also one of the founders of NESFA and served as a trustee, being named a Fellow of NESFA in 1976. Desmond founded NESFA Press and chaired Boskone 8.
Author Greg Kihn (b.1949) died on August 13. Best known as a musician and DJ, Kihn wrote four horror novels, including Horror Show, Shade of Pale, Big Rock Beat, and Mojo Hand, as well as several short stories. He edited the anthology Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians.
Artist Peter Pracownik (b.1952) died on August 15. Based in Glastonbury, his artwork included album covers for Hawkwind, a Lord of the Rings tarot deck, and a Dragon tarot deck.
Carol MacLeod (b.1952) died on August 16. MacLeod was married to SF author Ken MacLeod. MacLeod also co-edited the four issues of XOddity in 1998.
Fan Jeff Suter (b.1954) died on August 16. Suter was a co-founder of the South Hants SF Group. He published the zine Periphery from 1979-1984 and was a comics fan.
Author Zakhar Oskotsky (b.1947) died on August 21. Oskotsky wrote the novels The Last Tower of Troy and A Morning Rosy Age.
Author Holly Lisle (b.1960) died on August 27. Lisle won the Compton Crook Award for her novel Fire in the Mist. In addition to her solo novels, she co-wrote books with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Aaron Allston, Mercedes Lackey, and S.M. Stirling. Lisle also taught writing and mentored many authors.
Bookseller Leonard Riggio (b.1941) died on August 27. Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and was the executive chairman of chain Barnes & Noble from 1971 until 2019, building the superstore concept.
Game designer Andrew C. Greenberg (b.1957) died on August 28. Greenberg co-created the video game Wizardry and later worked on Star Saga. He was also involved in the production of Q-Bert.
Fan Dmitry Krinari (b.1959) died on August 31. Krinari was an award winning fan artists and helped organize science fiction events in Russia.
Fan Nick Mills died in late August. Mills was active in running Novacons and Eastercons, chairing the 1991 Novacon. He was also part of APA-B/The Organisation, contributing Dark Satanic Mills.
Artist Bernie Mireault (b.1961) died on September 4. Mireault started in the Montreal underground commix scene before working for DC, Dark Horse, Caliber, and other publishers. He illustrated the Riddler story “When Is a Door” and the Grendel story “The Devil Within.”
Author Valery Voskoboynikov (b.1939) died on September 6. Best known for a series of biographies aimed at he juvenile audience, Vsokoboynikov wrote the fantasy novel Voyna Vladigora.
Fan John Nielsen Hall died on September 7. Hall published the zines Motorway Dreamer, The Other Side of the Wood, and Zine, among many others. He joined BSFA in the 1960s. He gafiated between 1978 and 2005 and was named Past President of the Fan Writers of America in 2014.
Comics artist John Cassaday (b.1971) died on September 9. Cassaday worked on Planetary, Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, and Srae Wars. He also directed an episode of the television series Dollhouse.
Actor James Earl Jones (b.1931) died on September 9. Jones featured in many films and his distinctive voice was used in many more. He provided the voice for Darth Vader in Star Wars. Other roles included The Meteor Man, episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun, Conan the Barbarian, and Field of Dreams. Jones was an EGOT winner.
Author Taylor Grant (b.1970) died on September 12. Grant’s stories were collected in The Dark at the End of the Tunnel and The Many Deaths of Cole Parker, the first of which earned him one of his two Stoker nominations.
Artist Karl Moline (b.1973) died on September 12. Moline co-created Fray with Joss Whedon and penciled Route 666. He worked for Marvel on Rogue and The Loners and Dark Horse on Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.
Author Nelson Demille (b.1943) died on September 17. Best known for technothrillers, His novels the Quest, Orbit, and Airship Nine can be considered science fiction. He also published under the names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay, and Brad Matthews.
Fan David Curry died on September 19. Curry used the nom de con Gryphon and attended numerous Eastercons and Redemptions.
Author Heather Osborne died on September 20. Osborne published the novel Song Broken, co-edited the anthology Eve of Fear, and published a handful of short stories.
Academic Fredric Jameson (b.1934) died on September 22. Jameson wrote the nonfiction studies Seeds of Time and Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions. In 2006, he received the Pilgrim Award from the SFRA.
Author Peter Jay (b.1937) died on September 24. Primarily known a an economist, Jay co-wrote the novel Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy 1989-2000 with Michael Stewart.
Actor Maggie Smith (b.1934) died on September 27. Smith appeared in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Clash of the Titans, Nanny McPhee Returns, Hook, and played Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films. Smith won Oscars for her work on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite.
Comics editor Bob Foster (b.1943) died on September 30. Foster created Myron Moose Funnies and went on toe serve as Managing Editor for Disney comics. He worked on animation for Laika, Dreamworks, Disney, and Warner Brothers and served as President of the Animation Guild.
Author Jack Nimersheim (b.1949) died on October 3. Nimersheim began publishing in 1992 with “A Fireside Chat.” In 1994, he was a nominee for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Some of his fiction was collected in Something Old, Something New and Graffiti from the Subways of My Mind. Nimersheim was also a musician.
Author Robert Coover (b.1932) died on October 5. Coover was the author of The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., Pinocchio in Venice, and The Public Burning. He was the founder of the Electronic Literature Organization.
Dona Sadock (b.1945) died on October 9. Sadock worked as a freelance editor and was Norman Spinrad’s partner, serving as his first reader and editor. Sadock also produced Firesign Theatre.
Fan Ward Christensen (b.1945) was found dead on October 12 during a wellness check. Christensen was active in General Technics and a frequent attendee of Windycon and Capricon, where he helped out with Build-a-Blinkie.