The first Book-of-the-Month Club selection was published on this day in 1926
	On this day in 1948, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, widow of F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) and a novelist in her own right (Save Me the Waltz) died in a fire in hospital, bringing a tragically senseless end to her troubled life.
	Mario Puzo's The Godfather was published on this day in 1969
	Anita Brookner, CBE (1984 Man Booker Prize winner Hotel du Lac) died on this day in 2016
	Richard Wagamese, 2013 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature winner (Indian Horse), died on this day in 2017
	Robert James Waller (The Bridges of Madison County) died on this day in 2017