Lyle Stuart, 83

Independent publisher Lyle Stuart—whose Naked Came the Stranger was a partial inspiration for the more recent genre-related Atlanta Nights—died June 24, 2006. He published The Rich and the Super-Rich, Inside The FBI, The Sensuous Woman, and many others, some of which expressed opinions that were not his own. It was his contention that the public had a right to many viewpoints, even those that made uncomfortable or disturbing reading, like the book that tells people how to make bombs, The Anarchist Cookbook. The New York Times covers his life in more depth.