1 Faith Baldwin Stephen Collins Jo Dereske Don Perrin Connie Lynne Smith Donald A. Wollheim = David Grinnell 2 Jack Finney Graham Greene Lynn Michaels = Paula Christopher = Jane Lynson 3 James Herriot Gore Vidal = Edgar Box = Katherine Everard = Cameron Kay Thomas Wolfe 4 Earl Binder = ˝Eando Binder Jackie Collins Christiane Heggan Anne Rice = Anne Rampling = A.N. Roquelaure 5 Peter Ackroyd Clive Barker Judith E. French 6 David Brin Sandra Davidson H.F. Heard Rita Hestand Macdonald Hastings 7 Steven Erikson = Steve Rune Lundin Anne Kolaczyk = ˝Andrea Edwards = ˝Adrienne Edwards = ˝Anne Benson = ˝Anne Hillary Helen MacInnes Penny Richards = Bay Matthews = ˝Sandi Shane Regina Scott = Regan Allen 8 Frank Herbert Jeffrey Marks Cornelia Parkinson = ˝Day Taylor R.L. Stine Val Taylor Patricia Wynn 9 Jacqueline Carey Debby Mayne = Deborah Tisdale Mindy Neff Belva Plain Robert Reed Grif Stockley Pat Van Wie = Patricia Keelyn = Patricia Lewin 10 James Clavell Corinne Everett Anne Mather Christine Michels = Sharice Kendyl Harold Pinter Nora Roberts = J.D. Robb = Jill March 11 Frederick A. Babb Tim Champlin G.C. Edmondson = Kelly P. Gast = J.B. Masterson = Mario Murphy Elmore Leonard Doris Piserchia Thomas Burnett Swann Vicki Lewis Thompson = ˝Corey Keaton = ˝Cory Kenyon 12 Christine Pacheco = Christa Conan = Christy Lockhart Paula Gosling 13 Stephen Gallagher Ernest Gann Conrad Richter 14 Kate Fenton 15 Ed McBain = Evan Hunter = John Abbott = Curt Cannon = Hunt Collins = Ezra Hannon = Richard Marsten Laurie McBain Chris Manby Mario Puzo James H. Schmitz Linnea Sinclair = Megan Sybil Baker S.S. Van Dine = Willard Huntington Wright Walter Jon Williams 16 Kathleen Winsor Paul Edwin Zimmer 17 Elinor Glyn Robert Jordan = Reagan O'Neal = Jackson O'Reilly Isabelle Kane 18 Mark Hebden = John Harris = Max Hennessy Michael T. Hinkemeyer = Vanessa Royall = Jan Lara Katherine Kurtz P.J. MacAllister Charles Meyer Charles Stross 19 John LeCarré Andrew Vachss 20 Lynn Flewelling Roseanne Williams 21 Win Blevins Lynn Emery Fiona Gibson Ursula K. LeGuin Richard C. Meredith 22 Jim Baen Suzy McKee Charnas = Rebecca Brand L.D. Clark Doris Lessing Debbie Macomber Ann Rule 23 Michael Crichton = Michael Douglas = Jeffrey Hudson = John Lange Eric Shanower (cover artist) 24 Ted Allbeury Josette Browning Laura Caldwell Gigi Phillips David Weber 25 Rexanne Becnel Chris Blaine Robyn Chawner Janine A. Morris Betty Layman Receveur 26 Elizabeth August = Elizabeth Douglas = Betsy Page Rita Balkey Jim Butcher Stephen L. Carter 27 Michael Avallone Dione M. Coumbe Anthony Doerr Jean Hackensmith Kim Headlee Samantha James = Sandra James = Sandra Kleinschmit J.A. Jance 28 Jane Bierce Virginia Lanier Gail McFarland Anne Perry Stephan Andreas Schwarze (cover model) 29 Fredric Brown Rachel Manija Brown Dominick Dunne Constance Ravenlock = June E. Casey = Casey Douglas = June Trevor Elizabeth Redfern Wendy Corsi Staub = Wendy Markham 30 Becci Davis Kay Hooper = Kay Robbins 31 Dick Francis Kinky Friedman Deirdre Savoy Neal Stephenson = Stephen Bury Brenda Williamson