Sue Townsend, 1946-2014

“The author Sue Townsend, whose most popular character Adrian Mole defined a generation, has died at the age of 68. She was best known for the fictional diaries of Adrian Mole, who began confiding his deepest desires and ambitions in the Seceret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 in 1982. His teenage years were recounted in the Growing Pains of Adrian Mole and further novels dealt with married life and middle age. Townsend died on Thursday evening after a stroke.”
 — This is also good.