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Spain's 'Shadow of the Wind' author Carlos Ruiz Zafon dead at 55
The author dies after a battle with cancer

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's 5 key novels
A leading figure in African-American literature, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison is praised for her literary influence and 'raw, poetic voice'

Algerian novelist and women's rights defender Assia Djebar dies
UPDATED The French language author and filmmaker was seen as a contender for the Nobel literature prize

Crime novelist Elmore Leonard, 87
Well known crime novelist Elmore Leonard dies at age 87
Murakami: Writing is like going to dark place
In a rare public appearance Murakami spoke at a seminar entitled Observe soul write soul in the ancient city of Kyoto
Writer Stephen King decries US gun violence
Stephen King appeals for an end to gun related violence in his latest work titled Guns
Murakami, cheap liquor and Japan-China row
Haruki Murakami one of the world s foremost novelists wades into the territorial row between China and Japan