What is Lucius Shepard?
[[File:Utos068-Lucius Shepard.jpg|thumb|200px|{{Center|Shepard in November 2011.}}]] '''Lucius Shepard''' (August 21, 1943 &ndash; March 18, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]]. He mostly worked as a [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] writer. His best known [[book]] works were ''[[The Jaguar Hunter]]'' (1987), ''[[Life During Wartime]]'' (1990), and ''[[The Ends of the Earth]]'' (1991). He also wrote the [[comic book]] series ''[[Vermillion]]'' (1996&ndash;97) for [[Helix (comics)|Helix]] of [[DC Comics]]. He was born in [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]]. Shepard died on March 18, 2014 in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He was 70 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2014/03/lucius-shepard-in-memoriam/|title=In Memoriam: Lucius Shepard|last=Baker|first=Kathryn|date=March 20, 2014|accessdate=March 20, 2014|work=[[SFWA News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2014/03/20/rip-lucius-shepard-gone-too.html|title=RIP, Lucius Shepard, gone too soon|author=[[Cory Doctorow|Doctorow, Cory]]|date=March 20, 2014|accessdate=March 21, 2014|work=[[Boing Boing]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official|http://www.lucius-shepard.com/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepard, Lucius}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American science fiction writers]] [[Category:Writers from Virginia]] [[Category:People from Lynchburg, Virginia]] {{US-biography-stub}}