{"id":5168,"date":"2013-12-13T16:38:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T22:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2013-12-13T16:39:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T22:39:35","slug":"prolific-authors-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/prolific-authors-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Prolific Authors 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookshelf\"<\/a>Way back in December of 2011<\/a>,\u00a0I\u00a0took our first look back at the authors I have read the most dating back to high school.\u00a0 Since that time, I’ve read 34 books from 31 different authors.\u00a0 I don’t think there is going to be much movement since then, but it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much in that time.\u00a0 Once again, we will be limiting ourselves to the now 47 authors\u00a0from whom\u00a0I have read more than one book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Author Name<\/span><\/th>\nCurrent Total<\/span><\/th>\n2011 Total<\/span><\/th>\nDifference<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nancy Holder<\/span><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Golden<\/span><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

No change to these two, who owe their totals mostly to\u00a0Buffy and Angel tie-in novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Greg Rucka<\/span><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen King<\/span><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Both of these long time favorites increased their total by one book.\u00a0 Rucka’s newest is due out next summer and is already pre-ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Michael Jan Friedman<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Meltzer<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Brad Meltzer pulls into a tie for the top 5 with another author of tie-in novels, mostly Star Trek: TNG and Lois & Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Michael Crichton<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter David<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

One writer who is no longer with us and one who suffered a stroke last year.\u00a0 Thankfully, David seems to be on the mend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
John Grisham<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Shatner<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Castle<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

After years of neglect, John Grisham jumps back in the game with 2 books added over the last\u00a02 years.\u00a0 The next 2 have a little somthing in common, in that neither credited author really had much to do with writing their books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scott Turow<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Carey<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Adams<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diana G. Gallagher<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amber Benson<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffery Deaver<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Mariotte<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Amber Benson is probably one of, if not the, leader in new books since our last check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kevin J. Anderson<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John R. Maxim<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Carter<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Ellroy<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Vornholt<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillian Flynn<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith R. A. DeCandido<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timothy Zahn<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suzanne Collins<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stieg Larsson<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Quite a few authors in this grouping that I would read more if they would, or, in Stieg’s case, could, write more.\u00a0 Both Ellroy and Collins had 1 sneak in at the end of 2011 but after I did this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

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David Fisher<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa Metz<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Duane<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Reiser<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Caldwell<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Barry<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles Grant<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathy Reichs<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay Johnstone<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard Weinstein<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Harris<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard Stern<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homer<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Roeper<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yvonne Navarro<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ron Luciano<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Orwell<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warren Ellis<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mel Odom<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n