Greg Iles, author of ‘Natchez Burning’ trilogy, dies at 65 after decades-long battle with cancer

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 final novel, “Southern Man,” which was published in 2024.

Iles was born in Germany but moved to Natchez, Mississippi...