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.
Composer Ken Howard (b.1939) died on September 24. He wwrote museic for Mr. Pye and Shadowlands. Howard was also a novel and his second book, Follow Me—A Quest in Two Worlds, was fantasy.
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.
Comic author Kevin J. Taylor (b.1962) died on September 24. Best known for erotica, such as Girl, Fang, and Dreams of Dawn, Taylor also worked on Crypt of Dawn and for DC on Batman: Four of a Kind.
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.
Artist and author Larry Todd (b.1948) died on September 28. Todd sold a handful of stories in the 1960s, but he quickly turned to art, providing illustrations for several magazines and eventually comix, including Dr. Atomic.
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.
Comic artist Karl Mostert (b.1927) died on September 30. Mostert drew the Lil’ Five graphic novels and worked on Batman and DCeased. He co-created The Man Who F#&%ed Up Time and Concrete Jungle.
Fan Fred Smith (b.1927) died on October 2. Smith was a founder of Glasgow’s New Lands SF Club in 1952. The following year, he started publishing the fanzine Haemoglobin, which ran until 1959. Smith stepped away from fandom, but returned in the 1990s. He was also active in OMPA.
Comic author Pierre Christin (b.1938) died on October 3. Christin created Valérian and Lareline and La voyageuse de la petite ceinture. Christin wrote the novel Les prédateurs enjolivés and several short stories.
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 Randisi (b.1951) died on October 4. Randisi wrote several books in the Destroyer series using the name Warren Murphy and the Gunsmith series as by J.R. Roberts. He co-wrote the novel Once Upon a Murder with Kevin D. Randle.
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.
Author Zoe Sarah Kaplan (b.1996) died on October 9. Kaplan began publishing in 2021 with “Pink Marble” and her story “The Test” was nominated for the 2022 Brave New Weird award. Her family is raising funds to endow a memorial award for Jewish Speculative Fiction.
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.
Fan Art Henderson (b.1942) died on October 12. Henderson was a book dealer who sold at numerous conventions and he also served as site manager for various Dealers’ Rooms.
Fan Lou Irmo (b.1951) died on October 13. Irmo was a collector of science fiction novels and artwork and frequently attended Windy City Pulp and Paper.
Fan Bruce Townley (b.1954) died on October 17. Townley was active in WSFA and the Southern Fandom Confederation. He was also a member of APA-50. He was nominated for Best Fan Artist at the 1977 FAAN Awards.
Author Steven Mohan, Jr. (b.1967) died on October 22. Mohan began publishing short fiction in 1998 with “Conservator” in Writers of the Future. He published several more short stories, including works set in the BattleTech Universe and the novel A Bonfire of Worlds.
Translator Valery Verkhovsky (b.1969) died on October 23. Verkhovsky translated Ender’s Game and Doomsday Book into Ukrainian.
Fan Marc Wells (b.1952) died on October 25. Wells served as the president of the Portland Science Fiction Society and president of the Board of Directors of OFSCI. He could often be found running tech at conventions.
Fan George Richard died on October 26. Richard was a costumer and often MCed masquerades. He was known for his Klingon and Ming the Merciless costumes. At Chicon 8, he was part of the group that won Best in Show.
Author Phil Rickman (b.1950) died on October 29. Rickman wrote supernatural mysteries, including the Merrily Watkins series and the Marco’s Pendulum series, the latter under the name Thom Madley. He also wrote a series based on John Dee.
Artist Greg Hildebrandt (b.1939) died on October 31. Hildebrandt made a name for himself working with his brother, Tim, as the Brothers Hildebrandt. They are, perhaps, best known for their work featuring the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and the original poster for Star Wars.
Fan Craig Smith died in October. Smith was a Seattle area fan artist who was nominated for numerous FAAn Awards. He served on the committee for Corflu 17.
Academic Scott Connors died in late October. Connors edited The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies and wrote H.P. Lovecraft: A Century Less a Dream, The Freedom of Fantastic Things, and Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography. He was working on a biography of Smith as well.
Author Tim Sullivan (b.1948) died in November. Sullivan wrote the novels Destiny’s End, The Martian Viking, and Lords of Creation. His short fiction began appeared in 1977 with “Tachyon Rag.” His story “Zeke” made the 1982 Nebula ballot.
Fan Kevin G. Austin died on November 11. Austin was active on the MnStF board and co-chaired Minicon 46 and Minicon 53. He worked on Minicon and MnStF websites as well.
Author Bruce Boston (b.1943) died on November 11. Boston wrote the novels Stained Glass Rain and The Guardener’s Tale as well as numerous short stories, winning 4 Stoker Awards. He was also a prolific poet and has won 7 Rhysling Awards and been named a Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association Grand Master.
Book designer Ryan McCardle (b.1989) died on November 13. Since 2022 McCardle was designing books for Fantagraphics, including Adventures into Terror, In the Days of the Rocket, and Venus.
Comic book artist Bernadette Despres (b.1941) died on November 19. Despres created Tom-Tom and Nana. In 2002, she was awarded the Grand prix de l’Humour Tendre.
Fan and critic Bob Blackwood (b.1942) died on November 21. Blackwood was a film critic who co-wrote Future Prime: The Top 10 Science Fiction Films with John Flynn as well as From the Silent Era to the Sopranos. He was a frequent attendee of Chicago area conventions.
Fan Trina King (b.1945) died on November 21. Kling not only attended various conventions, she was also active in fanzine fandom, WSFS, and the Southern Fandom Confederacy.
Author and fan Linda Bushyager (b.Linda Eyster, 1947) died on November 27. Bushyager published the Hugo nominated fanzine Granfalloon and was a founder of the Carnegie Mellon SF Club, as well as a Founding Mother of WPSFA. She published the novels Master of Hawks, The Spellstone of Shaltus, and Pacifica, the last one with John Gregory Betancourt.
Author Trent Zelazny (b.1976) died on November 28, his birthday. The son of Roger Zelazny, he began publishing short fiction in 1999 with “Harold Asher and His Vomiting Dogs” and eventually collected his fiction in The Day the Leash Gave Way. He also edited the anthologies Mirages and, with Warren Lapine, Shadows & Reflections, the latter a tribute anthology to his father.
Author T. Jackson King (b.Thomas King, Jr., 1948) died on December 3. King began publishing with Retread Shop in 1988 and went on to publish the Transcendent series, the Matt and Mata Hari series, and the StarFight series, among others. King was also a trained archaeologist.
Fan Peter Lyons (b.1963) died on December 13. Lyons developed the software used to administer the Ditmar Awards and was active in Western Australian fandom, attending more than 35 Swancons.
Author David A. McIntee (b.1968) died on December 15. McIntee was the author of several short stories and novels set in the Doctor Who universe as well as works in Star Trek, Space: 1999, and Final Destination universes. He wrote the novel Melissa and non-fiction guides to various universes.
Author John Marsden (b.1950) died on December 18. Marsden was the author of Tomorrow, When the War Began and Out of Time. His first novel, So Much to Tell You, was non-genre.
Author Barry N. Malzberg (b.1939) died on December 19. Malzberg was the author of Herovit’s World, Galaxies, and numerous short stories, many of which published as by K.M. O’Donnell and often in collaboration with other authors. He edited several anthologies. Malzberg won the Campbell Award for Beyond Apollo and was nominated for 5 Hugos and 6 Nebulas.
Author George Zebrowski (b.1945) died on December 20. Zebrowski was the author of Macrolife, the Omega Point series and the Sunspacers trilogy. He won the Campbell Award for Brute Orbits and was the recipient of the 2000 Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award.
Fan Esther Cole (b.1924) died in December. Cole was a member of the Elves, Gnomes & Little Men’s Science Fiction Chowder & Marching Society and served on the SFCon Worldcon committee (which her husband chaired). She and Les Cole published the fanzine Orgasm and in 2017 she was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame.
Fan Graham Thornton (b.1965) died on December 25. Thornton was a collector and fan of Brian Lumley’s Necroscope series.
Fan and author Tanglwyst de Holloway (b.Tonya Adolfson) died on December 27. De Holloway was a costumer from Idaho who ran the masquerade at Spikecon, the 2019 NASFIC. She served as Corresponding Sevretary for the ICG and wrote the costuming book Surviving Your Own Creativity. She founded the publishing company Fantastic Journeys and has published novels under her birth name.
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Author Peter Schaap (b.1946) died on January 3. Schapp released five albums beginning in the 1970s. He began publishing children’s books in 1975 and fantasy novels in the 1980s. His works include De bruiden van Tyobar, De valley van de geesten, and the Scahduwmeesters series.
Fan Salomon Lichtenberg died on January 4. Lichtenberg attended many conventions in the company of his wife, author Jacqueline Lichtenberg.