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Emma Tennant in 1995.
Jonathan Player for The New York Times
Emma Tennant
Died on January 21, 2017 at age 79
A writer whose dozens of novels blended fantasy, science fiction and social satire, Ms. Tennant said she found her footing after discovering writers whose anti-realist qualities dovetailed with her love of myth, magic and dream.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.