John Crowley, author of fantasy masterpiece 'Little, Big', dies aged 83

John Crowley, the distinguished American fantasy author, has died at the age of 83. He was best known for his 1981 novel Little, Big, which the eminent critic Harold Bloom called a "neglected masterpiece" and one of the best novels of the 20th century. Crowley was celebrated for blurring the boundaries between reality and dream in his fiction.