His were some of the first novels I ever read about black people that weren’t about slavery or civil rights. I am truly saddened to hear about the passing of Eric Jerome Dickey. He was a writer’s writer - always striving to make everything he wrote the best it could be.” His death leaves a large void not only in the literary world but in our lives as well. “Eric and I have been together since the start of both of our careers,” she said in a statement released Tuesday.
His first book was picked up by the Sara Camilli Agency, and Camilli paid tribute to her longtime friend and collaborator upon learning of his death. The city of L.A., where Dickey moved from his native Memphis, Tenn., in 1983, featured prominently in much of his work. Before breaking through in book publishing, he attended creative writing classes at UCLA as a recipient of a SEED scholarship from International Black Writers & Artists.
Though he moved to Los Angeles to become a software developer in the aerospace industry, Dickey later cultivated his creative talents as an actor, comedian, poet and short story writer. Other popular Dickey titles include “Cheaters,” “Liar’s Game” and “Milk in My Coffee,” all of which made the New York Times and Blackboard bestsellers lists.
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