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Jane Vance Rule, a novelist who had dyslexia as a child, died 27 November 2007. Among her many books and stories, Ms. Rule’s novel Desert of the Heart was the basis for a movie entitled “Desert Hearts” is 1985 by Donna Deitch.

Of course, it’s hard to know about the diagnosis of dyslexia, especially given that she was successful as a writer, so some might wonder about Ms. Rule’s problems with literacy constituted dyslexia. For now, I only have the Wikipedia assertion about Ms. Rule’s dyslexia. If some reader has additional data, I’d welcome posting of the evidence.

Link to an obituary from the Globe and Mail and to a Wikipedia entry about Ms. Rule. Flash of the electrons to Starr Hill Girl for alerting me to Ms. Rule’s death.