Michael Hastings, who wrote a candid profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal for Rolling Stone, died in June in a car crash in Los Angeles. He was 33. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Guardian hide caption
Author Tom Clancy, seen in 2004, was an insurance agent before publishing The Hunt For Red October in 1984. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images hide caption
Dave Eggers at the 2009 National Book Awards in New York. Tina Fineberg/AP hide caption
Marcella Hazan and her husband, Victor, in the kitchen of their home in Longboat Key, Fla. Laura Krantz/NPR hide caption
Shakespeare's handwriting may offer clues to a mysterious passage in Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Author Louise Erdrich, seen here in May 2008, has won the National Book Award for her novel, The Round House. Dawn Villella/AP hide caption