Same author with and without initial

[Katrina]

I am still not sure how to manage this kind of thing best.

These are the same person, and the covers are not consistent about whether it is Ella Maillart or Ella K. Maillart.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Lobstergirl]

I would merge Ella K. Maillart into Ella Maillart because the latter has 12 boooks and the former 4. Also Ella Maillart's profile already has a photo. Since both author descriptions have text, I would combine them somehow (or rewrite a little to make it smoother, or whatever). Otherwise you lose all the text of the one you are merging.

[Katrina]

Thanks for the advice - I've done that now.