Crossover Authors

[Jim]

Roger Zelazny's books are a SF & fantasy blend as a general rule. After he died, Hard Case Crime published a straight mystery-thriller that he'd written decades before. It was pretty good, too.

I'd always thought of John Jakes as a pulp author in a number of genres: mystery (Johnny Havoc), S&S (Brak the Barbarian), SF (When the Star Kings Die) & even a blend with the "Dark Gate" books. Then he turned to historical fiction & wrote the Bicentennial series, North and South, & all. I've read & liked most of them.

Of course, the king of crossovers is Isaac Asimov. I think he had books published in almost every major class of the Dewey Decimal system & half the genres I know - SF, mysteries, adult, kids, fiction & nonfiction. Again, I've read quite a few & enjoyed them all.

[Margo]

The one that springs to my mind is J K Rowlings who famously lept from childrens books to general fiction to crime, and now apparently is going for another childrens series. So talanted!

[Jessica]

Julie wrote: "Not sure I used the correct term for the title , but I got this idea this morning when "perusing" Audible in my never ending quest to spend those valuable credits.

I came upon John Grisham. Of co..."

The first crossover even before A Painted House was Skipping Christmas which was later adapted into the movie Christmas with the Kranks starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Akroyd. Loved both the book and the movie!

[Jessica]

The book is funny. The premise is that the Krank's only daughter graduates from college and joins the Peace Corp. She goes to Africa for a year so the Kranks decide to skip their Christmas traditions and take a Christmas cruise instead. All is in readiness and they are prepared to leave on their cruise when their daughter calls from the airport in Miami to tell them she is on her way home with her new Fiance' for the holidays. Hilarity ensues as the Kranks put their cruise on hold and try to get everything prepared for their daughter's homecoming.

[Hunchback Jack]

Dan Simmons writes in multiple genres: SF, Horror, Historical Fiction and mainstream fiction.

Stephenson Donaldson is known for writing in the Fantasy and SF genre so, but wrote a series of private-eye novels under a pseudonym (Reed Stephens).

Greg bear, an SF author, wrote a couple of modern day thrillers. Ditto Orson Scott Card.

[Janice]

The first author that comes to mind is Stephen King. He is the king of horror and rightfully so. But he doesn't just write horror. He writes science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. But if you look at the book pages, every book is shelved as horror. He is so stereotyped that some people will not even try one of his books because they don't like horror. Oh, what they are missing!

Right on his heels is Robert McCammon. When he started writing other than horror, his publishers refused to publish his books. He took a hiatus for almost 10 years. Now, we have the pleasure of books like the Matthew Corbett series.

[Janet]

Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb I find it amazing that she can write romance and futuristic suspense and be so prolific in both. Maybe she has "staff" like James Patterson but I've never heard that mentioned. I understand she also writes under a couple of other pseudonyms.

[Margo]

Janet wrote: "Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb I find it amazing that she can write romance and futuristic suspense and be so prolific in both. Maybe she has "staff" like James Patterson but I'..."

I love her mystery stories, especially those with a hint of magic like Key of Light, but her romances do nothing for me - too mills and boon-ish. Good example of cross over though.