Gabrielle Burton, "a feminist novelist, memoirist and screenwriter who considered conventional marriage lopsided but identified with the pioneering Donner Party wife who perished protecting her husband," died September 3, the New York Times reported. She was 76. In addition to Searching for Tamsen Donner, which she called "part memoir, part historical re-creation," and Impatient with Desire, a fictionalized version of Tamsen Donner's missing journal, her books include I'm Running Away from Home, but I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation and Heartbreak Hotel.
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Jim Miles, co-founder of British children's book publisher Miles Kelly, died August 27, the Bookseller reported. He was 65. Gerard Kelly, who launched the publishing house with Miles in 1996, said: "Outside of Miles Kelly, Jim was a devoted family man. He loved playing golf and was a keen motorcyclist. His love of travel never waned, and Jim continued to visit amazing places, from the Everglades to whale watching on the Bay of Biscay.... On behalf of everyone at Miles Kelly, I can honestly say that we were fortunate and privileged to work with Jim, and his legacy of Miles Kelly will live on for many years. He will be dearly missed."
