Trina Robbins obituary American cartoonist and author whose pioneering work in comics included being the first female artist to draw Wonder Woman
Gerald Cinamon obituary Chief designer for Penguin Books with a flair for pacing illustrated nonfiction, such as with Pelican’s Style and Civilization series
Dame Shirley Conran obituary Bestselling author of Lace and Superwoman and women’s editor for the Daily Mail and the Observer
Kris Hallenga obituary Campaigner who founded the CoppaFeel! cancer awareness charity to encourage women to check their breasts
Paul Auster obituary Author of The New York Trilogy who conjured up a world of wonder and happenstance, miracle and catastrophe
CJ Sansom obituary Lawyer turned novelist who enjoyed huge success with his bestselling Shardlake historical mysteries
Martin Bax obituary Paediatrician specialising in child development and novelist who founded the literary periodical Ambit
Yorick Blumenfeld obituary Other lives: Dutch journalist, author and futurologist who was an advocated for a post-capitalist society
Helen Hoyte obituary Other lives: Art teacher who did much to revive interest in the ancient shawl-making tradition of Norwich and Norfolk
Daniel Dennett obituary Controversial US philosopher who sought to understand and explain the science of the mind
John Miles obituary Creator with his design partner Colin Banks of corporate identities for clients including Royal Mail and British Telecom
John Barth obituary American postmodernist novelist whose experimental approach challenged literary conventions
Maryse Condé obituary Writer whose novels trace the complexities of a globalised world and the fortunes of families across continents and generations
Kim Taplin obituary Other lives: Writer and poet whose work celebrated the natural world and raised environmental issues