[nickcarraway]

Sue Grafton 2 hours ago Hello Dear Readers. This is Sue's daughter, Jamie. I am sorry to tell you all that Sue passed away last night after a two year battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family, including her devoted and adoring husband Steve. Although we knew this was coming, it was unexpected and fast. She had been fine up until just a few days ago, and then things moved quickly. Sue always said that she would continue writing as long as she had the juice. Many of you also know that she was adamant that her books would never be turned into movies or TV shows, and in that same vein, she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name. Because of all of those things, and out of the deep abiding love and respect for our dear sweet Sue, as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y.

[TexasCruzin]

She makes Pies at 77? I could use a good apple pie.

[Rio]

We were speculating about what would happen when she reached “Z”.

[windsorknot]

Does she cake as well?

[Rio]

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Ace's Dad]

out of the deep abiding love and respect for our dear sweet Sue, as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y

She was a great mystery writer.

[Eddie01]

She was going to Plank’s Constant like so many of her friends, but keeping with her fierce independence struck out on her own.

[newfreep]

Before this thread, I had only heard of Sue Grafton on a quirky series a few years ago...

[Moonman62]

Found this in her Wiki article:

Her experience as a screenwriter taught her the basics of structuring a story, writing dialogue, and creating action sequences. Grafton then felt ready to return to writing fiction. While going through a “bitter divorce and custody battle that lasted six long years,” Grafton imagined ways to kill or maim her ex-husband. Her fantasies were so vivid that she decided to write them down.

[livius]

She was a fine writer, actually. She had a very good ear for dialogue and she was good on places and the people that went with them (fringe areas of LA, for example). Her plots were also good.

I enjoyed her books and I’m sorry that there won’t be any more of them. She done good.

[Chickensoup]

Sorry to hear this.

You know an author I miss from the same genre? Lawrence Sanders, the had the Deadly Sin series. Or was it Commandments. Anyhow great descriptions of 60s 70s NYC and its peoples.

[Ge0ffrey]

The first one, A is for Alibi, was phenomenal. Within about five or six books, this author became increasingly politically correct with anti-Christian, man-hating, heavy-handed feminism. Stopped reading the series somewhere around the letter I or J.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I read all her books. Sorry she didn’t make it to Z. RIP

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.