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Dana Adkins, longtime editor and literary agent, died last month at the age of 77. The cause of death was complications from a fall and head injury brought on by ehrlichiosis, a deer tick disease.
Adkins, born in 1947 in Akron, Ohio, joined the publishing industry after attending the Radcliffe Publishing Course at Radcliffe College. She began her career in Boston, Mass., before moving to New York City, where she worked as an editor at Viking Press and senior staff editor at Reader's Digest. Later she was partner at Adkins & Phillips Literary Agency.
Her friends described her as a "terrific editor," and as a "kind, gentle, and generous person who loved books, the arts, people, and her pets." She was a frequent visitor to museums, the opera, theater, and musical venues.
A memorial service will be held in New York in October, with details to be announced.