The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is reporting the death of one of their own: Mary Hunter Schaub, on 25 September 2009, apparently of stomach cancer that quickly spread to the brain and liver. She was in hospice care at the time of her death.
Born in 1943, Schaub was a lifetime resident of Apex, North Carolina. SFWA says she “was a recognized fantasy author, whose wrote primarily about Andre Norton’s Witch World. She collaborated with Norton on the Witch World novel The Magestone, and wrote another short Witch World novel, Exile, that appeared in the anthology Flight of Vengeance. Her many short stories were also primarily associated with Andre Norton’s Witch World and other fantasy universes envisioned by the late Grand Master.
“A service of praise and celebration will be held 2PM Sunday 11 October 2009 at Apex Baptist Church, Apex. Inurnment will take place in the Apex Ceremony prior to the service.”
The Cary News reports that she is survived by one sister, two nephews, and several great nieces and nephews.