1 Steven Barnes Nevada Barr Hannah Howell = Sandra Dustin = Anna Jennet Marti Jones Michael Kurland Judith Rossner 2 Jeffrey A. Davis David Goodis John Irving John Rossiter = Jonathan Ross Dr. Seuss = Theodore Geisel Peter Straub Tom Wolfe 3 Max Allan Collins James Doohan Nicolas Freeling = F.R.C. Nicolas Arthur Machen Prudence Martin = Henrietta Houston Lauren Royal 4 Rebecca Brandewyne James Ellroy 5 Beverly Giroux Virginia Lee Hart Ronn Kaiser = ½R.J. Kaiser Megan Lindholm = Robin Hobb Mike Resnick Henry S. Whitehead 6 Sharon Curtis = ½Robin James = ½Laura London Gabriel García Márquez William F. Nolan Regina Pounds 7 Eilís Dillon Bret Easton Ellis Elizabeth Moon Paul Preuss Stanley Schmidt Willard Scott Sara Woods = Mary Challis = Anne Burton = Margaret Leek 8 Jane Graves = Jane Sullivan Claudia E. Thomas 9 Jennifer Blake = Patricia Maxwell = Maxine Patrick = Patricia Ponder = Elizabeth Trehearne William Campbell Gault = Will Duke = Roney Scott Herbert Gold Edward Grierson Mickey Spillane 10 Theodore R. Cogswell Johanna Lindsey Peter Tremayne 11 Douglas Adams F.M. Busby Judy Gill = Judy Griffith Gill = Angie Gaynor Elizabeth Linington = Lesley Egan = Dell Shannon = Anne Blaisdell Christopher Rice Pat Wallace Strother = Pat Wallace = Pat West = Patricia Cloud = Vivian Lord = Patricia Strother 12 Sandra Brown = Laura Jordan = Rachel Ryan = Erin St. Claire Kathy Carmichael Allene Frances Virginia Hamilton Harry Harrison Carl Hiaasen Jack Kerouac Pamela Morsi 13 Bill S. Ballinger L. Ron Hubbard Barry Hughart Elizabeth Mansfield = Libby Mansfield = Paula Jonas = Paula Schwartz = Paula Reibel = Paula Reid Ridley Pearson Taylor Ryan 14 Algernon Blackwood Margot Dalton Claire Delacroix = Deb Cooke = Claire Cross Colleen Faulkner = Hunter Morgan = V.K. Forrest Grace Anne Schaefer 15 James Barclay Rosel George Brown Fabio (cover model) Mina Ford Karen Fox Mary Gillgannon = Nikki Donovan = Tara O'Dell Heather Graham = Heather Graham Pozzessere = Shannon Drake Lynda LaPlante Lynn Messina Lawrence Sanders Patricia Waddell 16 C.J. Barry Alice Hoffman David Liss Rebecca Rothenberg Carol Wagner = ½Joanne Bremer = ½Joellyn Carroll = ½Marisa Carroll Margaret Weis 17 William Gibson Patrick Hamilton Laurence M. Janifer = Tom Beach = Andrew Blake = Robert J. Cassiday = Bernard L. Elliott = Laura Mae Jansen = William Logan = Kenneth Malone = Thomas O'Connor = ½Mark Phillips Janice Kay Johnson = Janice Bartlett = Kay Bartlett = Kay Kirby = Janice Stevens Penelope Lively Mary Lynn = Angel Milan = Mary Elizabeth Lynn = Elizabeth Nelson 18 Max Barry Diane Chamberlain Richard Condon Hazel Dixon-Cooper Joy Fielding Carl Gottlieb Tara K. Harper Donna Kauffman Lisa V. Proulx Kathryn Thiels John Updike 19 Laurel Blake = Elaine Fowler Palencia Sir Richard Burton Joe L. Hensley Angus Ross Philip Roth Irving Wallace 20 Jack Cady John De Lancie Wendy Garrett = Wendy Haley Edward E. Kramer Christoph Ransmayr Pamela Sargent Sondra Stanford Kallya Valanis 21 Michael Dibdin Jeannine D. Van Eperen Mark Waid 22 Raymond Z. Gallun Louis L'Amour Tess Mallory James Patterson Rudy Rucker William Shatner 23 H. Beam Piper Jaclyn Reding Kim Stanley Robinson Elizabeth Ann Scarborough 24 John Robert Colombo Dane Coolidge Peter George Donald Hamilton William Morris 25 Stephanie Bond = Stephanie Bancroft Jenni Licata Margie McDonnell = Margie Michaels Glenna McReynolds = Tara Janzen 26 T.A. Barron Edward Bellamy Mike Brotherton Millie Criswell Lisa Drucker = Princess Jacqueline de Soignée Erica Jong G. Harry Stine = Lee Correy Patrick Süskind Tennessee Williams 27 Kevin J. Anderson Susan Connell = Chloe Summers Andrea Davidson = Elise Randolph Amy Mistretta John Pierce Thorne Smith Dana Stabenow Patricia C. Wrede 28 Nelson Algren Russell Banks A. Bertram Chandler = Andrew Dunston = George Whitley Marie Ferrarella = Marie Charles = Marie Michael = Marie Nicole = Marie Rydzynski Constance Gluyas Jayne Ann Krentz = Jayne Bentley = Jayne Castle = Amanda Glass = Stephanie James = Amanda Quick = Jayne Taylor Mario Vargas Llosa Jennifer Weiner 29 Mary Gentle Elizabeth Hand 30 Elizabeth Grayson = Elizabeth Kary = Karyn Witmer Chad Oliver Lindsay Faith Rech Candace Schuler = Candace Spencer = Jeanette Darwin Max Steele 31 Cherry Adair Joshua Berman Scott Edelman John Fowles Deborah Gordon = Brooke Hastings John Jakes = William Ard = Alan Payne = Jay Scotland Maureen M. McMahon