Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, whose novels depicted romance, erotica and suspense from the Black perspective, including Milk in My Coffee, Sleeping with Strangers and Friends and Lovers, has died. He was 59. He died in Los Angeles on January 3, 2021 after a long illness, his longtime publicist confirmed Tuesday, January 5, 2021. His publisher, Dutton, an imprint of … [Read more...] about Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling author whose novels focused on Black life, dies at 59