Wendi Harris Kaufman, "a well-known and beloved author who created and nurtured many facets of the D.C. literary community," died yesterday, the Washingtonian reported. On Facebook, Politics & Prose Bookstore praised Kaufman as a "staple of the D.C. literary community," and Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe & Grill posted: "A great loss for our community and the literary world at large."
Relegation Books publisher Dallas Hudgens also heads George Mason University's Stillhouse Press, which will release Kaufman's Helen on 86th Street and Other Stories. "I saw the same caring spirit that Wendi shared with her fellow writers, focused on her characters. Her compassion and humor shone in her life and writing," he observed.
