death_date death_place occupation birth_place px|caption nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name image_alt
13 december 2011 london , england , uk writer , illustrator lansdale , pennsylvania , us hoban in london , november 2010 american russell hoban 4 february 1925 • -rrb- ; 4 children -lrb- phoebe , abrom , esmé lillian , julia -rrb- • gundula ahl -lrb- 1975 -- 2011 hoban -rrb- ; 3 children -lrb- jake , ben , wieland -lrb- -rrb- 1944 -- 1975 , divorced russell-hoban-guardian-interview-by-richard-cooper-221110 . jpg russell hoban
 russell conwell hoban russell 2010 hoban at an event in london , november
russell hoban

russell conwell hoban -lrb- february 4 , 1925 -- december 13 , 2011 -rrb- was an american expatriate writer .
his works span many genres , including fantasy , science fiction , mainstream fiction , magical realism , poetry , and children 's books .
he lived in london , england , from 1969 until his death .
