Sarah S.

[kathleen_dailey]

Sigh, another death to note. This loss isn't fannish, but professional. A colleague with whom I'd worked for about 30 years died of cancer last month. Although we'd mostly lost touch after she retired, while we were working together we spent quite a bit of time, along with other work friends, doing non-worky things--restaurants, theatre, etc. She could be a frustratingly high-maintenance person, but she was smart and often funny, and I enjoyed her company. She was exceptionally good at her job. Although she had a take-no-prisoners approach to her authors, she usually made them see things (sometimes not willingly) her way, which was more often than not the right way. She was one of a kind.