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Natchez’s NYT Bestselling author Greg Iles has died – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper

Natchez’s NYT Bestselling author Greg Iles has died – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper

Natchez’s NYT Bestselling author Greg Iles has died Published 1:55 pm Friday, August 15, 2025 Greg Iles is a New York Times best-selling novelist from Natchez (Submitted) NATCHEZ — New York Times Bestselling author and Natchez resident Greg Iles died at approximately 5 a.m. Friday. Iles succumbed during his efforts to battle multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. In an …

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Novelist Greg Iles, ‘master of southern US gothic crime-writing’, dies aged 65 | Mississippi

Novelist Greg Iles, ‘master of southern US gothic crime-writing’, dies aged 65 | Mississippi

Greg Iles, the Mississippi author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and other works, has died. He was 65. Iles died on Friday after a decades-long battle with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, his literary agent, Dan Conaway, posted on Saturday on Facebook. Initially diagnosed with the incurable condition in 1996, he kept his illness private until completing his final novel, …

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Mississippi author Greg Iles dies of cancer at 65

Mississippi author Greg Iles dies of cancer at 65

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Greg Iles, the Mississippi author of the “Natchez Burning” trilogy and other works, has died. He was 65. Iles died Friday after a decades-long battle with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, his literary agent Dan Conaway posted Saturday on Facebook. Initially diagnosed with the incurable condition in 1996, he kept his illness private until completing his …

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