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Kit Reed in an undated photograph. "Her stories are sharp, transgressive and full of the unexpected," one critic wrote.
Gloria Villegas
Kit Reed
Died on September 24, 2017 at age 85
A prolific novelist and short-story writer, Ms. Reed was celebrated for her science fiction, but she also hopscotched to the fantasy, Southern Gothic, paranormal and mystery genres.
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.