I am very sad to report that George Chesbro died this morning after an illness.

Like all of you, I am a huge fan of George's work. My friendship with him began in 1999 when I sent him a letter describing the fan website that I had created for his work. He liked what I'd done, and over the next couple of months, the fan site was transformed into Dangerous Dwarf, the official George C. Chesbro website.

I've very much enjoyed my friendship with George and Robin over the years, and I will miss being able to correspond with him.

I'm sure Mongo and Garth will miss him, too.

Hunter
Webmaster for DangerousDwarf.com

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NEW BALTIMORE - George Clark Chesbro, 68, of New Baltimore, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at St. Peter's Hospital.

Born in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 1940, he was the son of the late George W. and Maxine (Sharpe) Chesbro. An author of over 25 novels and nearly 100 short stories, George was a recipient of an Ellery Queen Award and had served as president of the Mystery Writers Association of America. Earlier in his career, George had worked as a special education teacher at Pearl River and at the Rockland Psychiatric Center where he worked with emotionally troubled teens.

Survivors include his wife, Robin N. Chesbro; a son, Mark Chesbro;, a daughter Michelle Chesbro; two stepdaughters, Rachael and Leah Gass; a sister, Judith (Richard) Ragone and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Services are private at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish may send a remembrance in his name to the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society, 3 Oakland Ave., Menands, NY 12204.

I can't tell you how saddened I am. It had been a long time since I corresponded with George and I regret that. My deepest condolences to the Chesbro family.

I'm very sorry to hear this sad news.

Shocked by the announcement of his death, i heard it just 1 month ago. One of the most original american writer i discovered 3 or 4 years ago. In France, we seem to be "lucky" 'cause his last Mongo's adventure was edited just before George Chesbro death. Very sad of course, because we won't ever know the end of the Lord of Ice, but first due to the genius of the author - having no more US editor is a shame regard to his talent.
RIP Chesbro - tu vas nous manquer ...