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Title: Sue Grafton passed away
Post by: Greybriar on January 06, 2018, 01:30:04 PM
Sue Grafton (http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-sue-grafton-obit-20171229-story.html) died of cancer on December 28th. She was 77. She was noted for her "Alphabet series of mystery novels," the last of which--Y is for Yesterday--was published in the summer of 2017.

Rest in peace, Sue. You will be missed. :'(
Title: Re: Sue Grafton passed away
Post by: trailrunner on January 06, 2018, 02:20:16 PM
Quote from: Greybriar on January 06, 2018, 01:30:04 PM
Sue Grafton (http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-sue-grafton-obit-20171229-story.html) died of cancer on December 28th. She was 77. She was noted for her "Alphabet series of mystery novels," the last of which--Y is for Yesterday--was published in the summer of 2017.

Rest in peace, Sue. You will be missed. :'(

My wife is reading the series now and was pretty sad when she heard the news.  Grafton only had one more book to go - Z.
Title: Re: Sue Grafton passed away
Post by: MetalDog on January 08, 2018, 08:55:25 PM
I sold quite a few of those books in the 90's.  RIP Sue.
Title: Re: Sue Grafton passed away
Post by: Staggerwing on January 08, 2018, 09:07:22 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on January 08, 2018, 08:55:25 PM
I sold quite a few of those books in the 90's.  RIP Sue.

Same here. I worked in a few different book stores around 90-92 and she was a pretty hot seller then. 'G is for Gumshoe' is the first of her books I remember selling because it had recently come out and had a VW bug on the cover.
Title: Re: Sue Grafton passed away
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 13, 2018, 10:13:38 AM
Jeez, me too. Worked at Waldenbooks from 1990-92 or so. I remember Grafton's large number of books very well.

RIP.