We lost too many literary hard-hitters in 2021. Explore the works of a sampling of these talented writers whom we won't forget.

Rice's works have been a thread winding through my life, periodically making themselves known like snags in a sweater begging for attention and tending.

Lauri Newell doesn’t think of her life as extraordinary. “But then again,” she says, “I’m getting to nurture my family and our dreams at the same time."