Sanora Babb

Age: 98

Summary: author whose novel Whose Names Are Unknown about the struggles of Dust Bowl migrants in California was published to critical acclaim 65 years after it had been shelved because John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was released around the same time and had the same theme.

Cause of Death: Natural causes

Born: April 21, 1907

Died: December 31, 2005

Location: Los Angeles, California