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Linda Wolfe, 87, Dies; Wrote of ‘Preppie Murder’ and Other Crimes

She probed the psychology of mostly upper-class perpetrators, saying their personal histories interested her more than the crimes themselves.

Gene Wolfe, Acclaimed Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 87

His four-book series “The Book of the New Sun” is considered one of the major works of the genre.

Tom Wolfe, 88, ‘New Journalist’ With Electric Style and Acid Pen, Dies

He wrote “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” “Bonfire of the Vanities” and “The Right Stuff,” and pioneered a novelistic form of journalism in the 1960s and ’70s.

Leslie Wolfe, Who Pursued Equality for Women, Dies at 74

Ms. Wolfe sought AIDS treatment for women in the 1980s and researched gender and racial bias on the SAT exam as head of a think tank.

Steve Wolfe, a Painter of Books by Their Covers, Dies at 60

Mr. Wolfe was best known for creating trompe l’oeil portraits of well-loved titles by Chandler, Proust and Joyce.

Janet Wolfe, Gothamite on a First-Name Basis With Her Era, Dies at 101

Known to readers of The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” department simply as “our friend Janet,” the longtime executive director of the New York City Housing Authority Symphony was equal parts Holly Golightly, Auntie Mame and Mehitabel.

Digby Wolfe, ‘Laugh-In’ Writer, Dies at 82

Mr. Wolfe, who got his start at the BBC, went on to help start up a zany American comedy.

Burton Roberts, 88, Tom Wolfe’s Model Judge, Dies

Judge Roberts was a former justice in the Bronx and the inspiration for Myron Kovitsky in Tom Wolfe’s novel “Bonfire of the Vanities.”

Thomas Wolfe’s ‘Angel’ of Death

A reader’s letter in last Sunday’s Book Review, in response to Caleb Crain’s essay on New York boardinghouses, reminded us that the most famous boarding house in American fiction is surely Dixieland, the guest house run by Eliza, Eugene Gant’s mother, in Thomas Wolfe’s classic American autobiographical bildungsroman “Look Homeward, Angel.”

Thomas Wolfe's 'Angel' of Death

A reader's letter in last Sunday's Book Review, in response to Caleb Crain's essay on New York boardinghouses, reminded us that the most famous boarding house in American fiction is surely Dixieland, the guest house run by Eliza, Eugene Gant's mother, in Thomas Wolfe's classic American autobiographical bildungsroman "Look Homeward, Angel.".