 Washington Post | Suspense novelist Sidney Sheldon dead at 89 Xinhua - BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Sidney Sheldon, a writer whose romantic, suspense novels were for readers, not critics died Tuesday of pneumonia at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Best-Selling Author Sidney Sheldon Has Passed Away Sidney Sheldon, Best-Selling Author, Dies at Age 89 (Update2) |