Mike Berro is reporting on Facebook than fantasy writer Barry Hughart has died. No linkable source yet for the news yet.
It’s a darn shame that the slings and arrows of outrageous publishing fortune discouraged him from writing any more Master Li and Number Ten Ox books…
Update: There’s now a small note on Berro’s Barry Hughart bibliography site that “It has been confirmed as of 1-Aug-2019 that Mr. Hughart has passed on.”
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
