Barbara Seranella died yesterday in Cleveland while awaiting a liver transplant. She was 50.
Denise Hamilton shares an appreciation of Seranella at LAObserved:
Even as she struggled with two liver transplants in two years and failing health, Barbara kept her grace under fire and her sense of humor, and her books continued to win accolades and praise. Her latest, “An Unacceptable Death” got starred reviews in Library Journal and Publishers’ Weekly, was an LA Times Bestseller and a finalist for the Southern California Booksellers Association for “Best Mystery of 2005.”
And despite her mounting health problems, she managed to write one last book, “Deadman’s Switch,” which will hit the stores in April and was meant to launch a new series.
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