New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has passed away at 59 in Los Angeles.
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The news was confirmed by his Penguin Random House publicist Emily Canders. She said Dickey passed away on Sunday but didn’t disclose any further details as reported by the Associated Press. Before his writing career, Dickey was a stand-up comedian and actor and started writing his contemporary novels in his mid-30s which led to classics such as “Sister, Sister”, “Naughty or Nice”, “Chasing Destiny”, “Chasing Destiny”, “The Other Woman”, “Genevieve”, “Sleeping With Strangers”, “Walking With Enemies” and the “Gideon” series. He is survived by his four daughters.
Throughout his career, Dickey has published 29 novels and sold more than 7 million copies globally. His last novel, “The Son of Mr. Suleman”, will be released in April.
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Fans of the author were shocked by the news and sent their condolences to his family.
RIP Eric Jerome Dickey. He was definitely a literary giant for OUR community https://t.co/JK6Qqo4IDK
— Alyson S (@Alygirl08) January 6, 2021
Good Authors become a part of your life through their story telling thank you #EricJeromeDickey rest well
— Shayla Bennett (@ShayNJB) January 6, 2021
wishing I still had my #EricJeromeDickey books. The sad part about moving abroad is that you have to leave some things behind. RIP you did well. ❤️
— AJ (@MsLisa_J) January 6, 2021
Eric Jerome Dickey was one of the first fiction authors I read growing up outside of school reading. RIP
— LaVonne Idlette (@idlette) January 6, 2021
#EricJeromeDickey this was the book that made me fall in love with ur work. I was a a freshman in high school pic.twitter.com/ij6WEwNnTX
— Apollonia (@4ev3rannie) January 6, 2021
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