Beverly Cleary has died
I really enjoyed her books when I was a kid. I'm male but I really loved the Ramona and Beezus books. The male version (Henry Huggins?) was no where near as fun as Ramona and Beezus books. Those books, Judy Blume books, Roald Dahl books (Danny, Champion of the World) and C.S. Lewis books formed the basis of most of my reading for a few good years.