Adler, Elizabeth [Romance/Mystery] – Nora Roberts, Katherine Stone, Janet Evanovich

Anderson, Catherine [Romance] – Robyn Carr, Kathleen Eagle, Kristin Hannah, Debbie Macomber, LaVyrle Spencer, Susan Wiggs

Andrews, V.C. [Gothic] – Mary Higgins Clark, John Saul, Kay Hooper, Barbara Michaels, Joyce Carol Oates

Archer, Jeffrey [Mystery] – Jonathan Kellerman, Vince Flynn, Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, Stuart Woods

Atherton, Nancy [Cozy Mystery] – Lillian Jackson Braun, Rita Mae Brown, Rett MacPherson, Anne George

Atwood, Margaret [Literary Fiction] – Penelope Lively, Margaret Drabble, Carol Shields, Marge Piercy, Anita Shreve, Gail Godwin, Mary Gordon, Alice Monroe, Jane Smiley

Auel, Jean [Prehistorical Fiction] – Kathleen & W. Michael Gear, Sue Harrison

Baldacci, David [Suspense] – James Grippando, Stephen J. Cannell, Kyle Mills, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, William Bernhardt, Robert Dugoni, Dennis Lehane, Brad Meltzer, Joseph Finder, Robert K. Tanenbaum

Balogh, Mary [Romance] – Jo Beverly, Liz Carlyle, Mary Jo Putney

Barr, Nevada [Mystery] – Deborah Crombie, Dana Stabenow, Sue Henry, Tony Hillerman, Elizabeth George, C. J. Box, Margaret Cole

Berg, Elizabeth [Women/Family Relationships] – Anne Hood, Luanne Rice, Anna Quindlen, Jeanne Ray, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Jane Hamilton, Sheri Reynolds, Anne Tyler

Bernhardt, William [Mystery/Suspense] – Robert K.Tanenbaum, John Grisham, John Lescroart, Steve Martini, William Lashner, Richard North Patterson

Beverly, Jo [Romance] – Mary Balogh, Jane Feather, Madeline Hunter, Mary Jo Putney

Binchy, Maeve [Women/Family Relationships] – Rosamunde Pilcher, Anita Shreve, Belva Plain, Isla Dewar, Kristin Hannah, Marian Keyes, Joanna Trollope, Marcia Willett

Block, Lawrence [Mystery/Suspense] – Robert B. Parker, J. A. Jance, Jack Higgins, Robert Crais

Bradford, Barbara Taylor [Romance/Glamour] – Barbara Delinsky, Luanne Rice, Nora Roberts, Jackie Collins, Judith Michael, Danielle Steel, Susan Isaacs, Barbara Wood

Braun, Lilian Jackson [Cozy Cat Mystery] - Rita Mae Brown, Nancy Atherton, Lydia Adamson, Michael Bond, Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Brockmann, Suzanne [Romance] – Linda Howard, Elizabeth Lowell, Dee Henderson, Roxanne St. Claire, Anne Stuart

Brown, Dale [Military Action] – Clive Cussler, Stephen Coonts, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Larry Bond, W.E.B. Griffin, Harold Coyle

Brown, Dan [Suspense] – Daniel Silva, Michael Crichton, Steve Berry, Raymond Khoury, Clive Cussler, Robert Crais, Greg Iles

Brown, Rita Mae [Cozy Mystery] – Joanne Fluke, Lilian Jackson Braun, Laura Childs, Diane Mott Davidson, Nancy Atherton

Brown, Sandra [Romantic Suspense] – Heather Graham, Stella Cameron, Nora Roberts, Karen Robards, Linda Howard, Julie Garwood, Catherine Coulter, Lisa Gardner, Kay Hooper, Elizabeth Lowell, Karen Rose

Brooks, Terry [Fantasy] – Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey

Burke, James Lee [Mystery] – Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, Lee Child, James W. Hall, Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, Ross Thomas, Randy Wayne White, Bill Pronzini

Cannell, Stephen [Suspense] – John Sandford, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, Martha Grimes

Chiaverini, Jennifer [Women/Family Relationships] - Adriana Trigiani, Earlene Fowler, Emilie Richards, Jane Peart, Sandra Dallas, Elizabeth Berg

Child, Lee [Suspense] – James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, P.T. Deutermann, Barry Eisler, Stephen Hunter, Ross MacDonald

Clancy, Tom [Techno-Thriller] – Stephen Coonts, Joe Weber, Dale Brown, Clive Cussler, Vince Flynn, Lee Child, Ted Allbeury

Clark, Mary Higgins [Suspense] – Lisa Gardner, Iris Johansen, Joy Fielding, Sandra Brown, Catherine Coulter, Linda Howard, Kay Hooper, Phyllis Whitney, Barbara Michaels, Jonathan Kellerman

Coben, Harlan [Mystery/Suspense] – Nevada Barr, Robert Crais, John Grisham, Don Winslow, Stuart Woods

Collins, Jackie [Romance/Glitz] – Barbara Taylor Bradford, Judith Michael, Danielle Steel, Judith Krantz, Nora Roberts

Connelly, Michael [Mystery/Suspense] – Ross MacDonald, John Harvey, Ian Rankin, James Ellroy, Robert Crais, T. Jefferson Parker, Leslie Glass, John Sandford, Stuart Woods, Donald E. Westlake, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Dan Mahoney

Cook, Robin [Medical Suspense] – Michael Crichton, Tess Gerritsen, Michael Palmer, Jonathan Kellerman, Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs

Coonts, Stephen [Adventure/Suspense] – Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, Jack Higgins, Daniel Silva

Cornwell, Bernard [Historical Fiction] – Patrick O’Brian, C.S. Forester, Sharon Kay Penman

Cornwell, Patricia [Mystery] – Kathy Reichs, Edna Buchanan, Linda Fairstein, Sue Grafton, Tess Gerritsen, Linda Barnes, Nevada Barr, Jeffery Deaver, Tami Hoag, Faye Kellerman, Marcia Muller

Coulter, Catherine [Historical/Suspense] Julie Garwood, Elizabeth Lowell, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard

Crais, Robert [Mystery] – Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Edna Buchanan, Stuart Woods, Bill Pronzini, Kathy Reichs, Robert B. Parker, Tim Cockey

Crichton, Michael [Scientific Thriller/Adventure] – James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, John Darnton, Greg Bear

Crusie, Jennifer [Contemporary Romance] – Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Stephanie Bond, Jane Heller, Jayne Ann Krentz, Janet Evanovich, Gillian Roberts, Mary Kay Andrews, Sarah Shankman

Cussler, Clive [Adventure] – Jack Du Brul, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Ted Bell, Matthew Reilly, James Rollins, Tom Clancy

Dailey, Janet [Romance/Western Historical Romance] – Sandra Brown, Julie Garwood, Nora Roberts, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Janette Oke

Davidson, Diane Mott [Culinary Mystery] – Susan Wittig Albert, Joanne Fluke, Tamar Myers, Sarah Graves, Katherine Hall Page, Jill Churchill, Ellen Hart, Carolyn Hart, Mary Daheim, Laura Childs

Deaver, Jeffery [Psychological Thriller] – Thomas Harris, Dennis Lehane, Ridley Pearson, Rex Stout

Deighton, Len [Thriller/English Spy Fiction] – John LeCarre, Evelyn Anthony, Ian Fleming, Frederick Forsyth, Ken Follett, Jack Higgins

Delinsky, Barbara [Women/Relationships] – Kristin Hannah, Patricia Gaffney, LaVyrle Spencer, Luanne Rice, Judith McNaught, Elizabeth Berg, Anne Rivers Siddons, Nora Roberts

DeMille, Nelson [Suspense] – Andrew Klavan, David Lindsey, Ken Follett, John Grisham, Ridley Pearson, David Baldacci, Robert Ludlum

Deutermann, Peter [[Thriller] – Tom Clancy, Dale Brown, Stephan Coonts, James Rollins, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor

Deveraux, Jude [Romance/Paranormal/Historical] - Judith McNaught, Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Linda Howard, Catherine Coulter, Kay Hooper

Evanovich, Janet [Humorous Mystery] - Sarah Strohmeyer, Jan Burke, Jennifer Crusie, Sue Grafton, Mary Kay Andrews, Joan Hess, Diane Mott Davidson, Nancy Martin, Lisa Lutz

Evans, Richard Paul [Family Relationships/Romance] Nicholas Sparks, Nicholas Evans, Robert James Waller, Emily Grayson

Fairstein, Linda [Legal Thriller] – Kathy Reichs, Lisa Scottoline, Marcia Muller, John Lescroart, John Grisham

Fielding, Helen [Chick Lit] – Jane Green, Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Weiner, Elizabeth Young, Nick Hornby

Fielding, Joy [Suspense/Family Relationships] – James Patterson, Lisa Gardner, Mary Higgins Clark

Flagg, Fannie [Women/Family Relationships/South] – Jan Karon, Rebecca Wells, Bailey White, Deborah Smith, Ann B. Ross, Jill McCorkle, Dorothy Garlock, Billie Letts, Sue Monk Kidd

Follett, Ken [Suspense] – John Grisham, Nelson DeMille, Sara Paretsky, Jonathan Kellerman, Frederick Forsyth, David Baldacci

Forsyth, Frederick [International Intrigue] – Jeffrey Archer, Larry Bond, Dale Brown, Stephen Coonts, Robert Ludlum, James Patterson, Robert Crais, Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Ken Follett, Daniel Silva

Frank, Dorothea Benton [Women/Family Relationships] – Luanne Rice, LaVyrle Spencer, Anita Shreve, Kristin Hannah, Eileen Goudge, Mary Alice Monroe, Anne Rivers Siddons, Barbara Samuel

Frey, Stephen [Suspense/Legal] – Joseph Finder, Brad Meltzer, Kyle Mills, Christopher Reich

Gabaldon, Diana [Historical Romance/Time Travel] – Sara Donati, Anya Seton, Mercedes Lackey, Jude Deveraux, Karen Marie Moning, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elizabeth Chadwick, Paullina Simons

Gardner, Lisa [Suspense] – Alex Kava, Tess Gerritsen, Catherine Coulter, J.D. Robb, Joy Fielding, Lisa Jackson

Garwood, Julie [Romantic Suspense] – Linda Howard, J.D. Robb, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Lowell, Jill Barnett, Johanna Lindsey, Kasey Michaels

George, Elizabeth [Mystery] – Deborah Crombie, P.D. James, Dorothy L. Sayers, Erin Hart, Carol Goodman, Martha Grimes, Reginald Hill, Ruth Rendell, Peter Robinson, Ann Granger, Catherine Aird

Gerritsen, Tess [Medical Thriller] – Michael Palmer, Robin Cook, Iris Johansen, Thomas Harris, Karin Slaughter

Gibbons, Kaye [Women’s Literary Fiction] A. Manette Ansay, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers

Goldsmith, Olivia [Contemporary Romance] – Jackie Collins, Sandra Brown, Amanda Quick

Goudge, Eileen [Romantic Suspense] – Luanne Rice, Fern Michaels, Judith Michael, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Jodi Picoult

Grafton, Sue [Mystery] – Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Margaret Maron, Martha Grimes, Janet Evanovich, J. A. Jance, Dana Stabenow

Greeley, Andrew [Mystery/Irish] – Margaret Coel, James Patterson, Ralph McInerny

Gregory, Philippa [Historical/Mystery] – Jean Plaidy, Elizabeth Chadwick, Margaret George, Rosalind Laker

Grey, Zane [Westerns] – Max Brand, Richard Wheeler, Louis L’Amour, Marcia Muller, Les Savage

Grimes, Martha [Mystery] – Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth George, Frances Fyfield, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Margaret Maron, John Harvey, Dorothy Simpson

Grisham, John [Legal Thriller] – Steve Martini, Lisa Scottoline, Brad Meltzer, Stuart Woods, James Patterson, Tami Hoag, Michael Connelly, Greg Iles

Hamilton, Laurell K. [Vampire Fiction] – Donna Boyd, Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Anne Rice

Hillerman, Tony [Mystery/Western USA] – Margaret Coel, James D. Doss, Aimee and David Thurlo, Sharyn McCrumb

Hiaasen, Carl [Satirical Fiction] – Tim Dorsey, Randy Wayne White, Edna Buchanan, Chris Grabenstein, Elmore Leonard, John Katzenbach

Higgins, Jack [Adventure/Political Espionage] - W.E.B. Griffin, Vince Flynn, Ken Follett, Kyle Mills, Robert Ludlum

Hoag, Tami [Suspense] – Tess Gerritsen, Alex Kava, Lisa Gardner, Iris Johansen, James Patterson, Linda Barnes, Kay Hooper

Hoffman, Alice [Women/Family Relationships] – Alice McDermott, Sandra Dallas, Anita Shreve, Elizabeth Berg, Sue Miller, Anna Quindlen

Hooper, Kay [Romantic Suspense] – Iris Johansen, Linda Howard, Julie Garwood, Linda Fairstein, Mary Jo Putney, J.A. Jance, Karen Robards, Mariah Stewart, J.D. Robb

Hosseini, Khaled [Multicultural/Immigrant Experience] – Diana Abu-Jaber, Andre Dubus, Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Ondaatje, Kiran Desai

Howard, Linda [Romance/Suspense] - Elizabeth Adler, Suzanne Brockmann, Sandra Brown, Catherine Coulter, Nora Roberts

Iles, Greg [Mystery/Suspense] John Lescroart, Harlan Coben, Richard North Patterson, Phillip Margolin, Steve Martini, Nelson DeMille, Michael Connelly, Dan Brown

Irving, John [Contemporary Relationships] – Pat Conroy, Cormac McCarthy, Anita Shreve, Sue Miller, Richard Russo

Isaacs, Susan [Romantic Mystery] – Eileen Goudge, Marian Keyes, Jennifer Weiner

Jackson, Lisa [Suspense/Romance] – Catherine Coulter, Lisa Gardner, Mariah Stewart, Amanda Quick

James, P. D. [Mystery/Detective] – Dorothy L. Sayers, Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine, Elizabeth George, Minette Walters, Deborah Crombie, Patricia Moyes, Stephen Booth, Colin Dexter

Jance, J. A. [Mystery/Suspense] – Nevada Barr, Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, Aimee & David Thurlo, Harlan Coben, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson

Johansen, Iris [Romantic Suspense] – Julie Garwood, Carla Neggers, Tami Hoag, Stephanie Bond, Kay Hooper, Linda Howard

Jordan, Robert [Fantasy] – Terry Brooks, Robin Hobb, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffery, Raymond E. Feist

Karon, Jan [Gentle Read] – Miss Read, Ann B. Ross, Richard Paul Evans, Jennifer Chiaverini, Philip Gulley, Joan Medlicott, Nicholas Sparks, Fannie Flagg, Lorna Landvik, Anne Lamott

Kellerman, Faye [Mystery/Thriller] – Jonathan Kellerman, Ken Follett, Stuart Woods, Sue Grafton

Kellerman, Jonathan [Mystery/Suspense] – Stephen White, Ridley Pearson, Keith Ablow

Keyes, Marian [Chick Lit/Irish] – Sophie Kinsella, Sue Margolis, Candace Bushnell, Nick Hornby

King, Stephen [Horror/Psychological Suspense] – Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub, Dan Simmons, Robert R. McCammon, John Saul, Andrew Taylor, Orson Scott Card, Clive Barker, F. Paul Wilson

Kingsbury, Karen [Christian/Inspirational] – Terri Blackstock, Francine Rivers, Nicholas Sparks, Tracie Peterson, Catherine Palmer, Dee Henderson, Lisa T. Bergren, Angela Hunt, Beverly Lewis, Francine Rivers

Kingsolver, Barbara [Literary Fiction/Contemporary Relationships] – Wally Lamb, Pat Conroy, Joyce Carol Oates, Isabel Allende, Amy Tan, Kaye Gibbons, Billie Letts

Kinsella, Sophie [Chick Lit] – Emily Giffin, Lauren Weisberger, Jane Green, Marian Keyes, Helen Fielding

Koontz, Dean [Psychological Suspense/Horror] – Greg Bear, Dan Simmons, Robert R. McCammon, John Saul, Stephen King

Krantz, Judith [Romance/Glitz] – Elizabeth Adler, Olivia Goldsmith, Jackie Collins, Eileen Goudge, Danielle Steel, Barbara Delinsky

Krentz, Jayne Ann [Romantic Suspense] – Amanda Quick, Julie Garwood, Linda Howard, Sandra Brown, Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Nora Roberts

L’Amour, Louis [Westerns] – Elmer Kelton, Max Brand, Tony Hillerman, Zane Grey, Gilbert Morris, Ralph Compton, William W. Johnstone

Lescroart, John [Legal Thriller] – D.W. Buffa, David Rosenfelt, Sheldon Siegel, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Steve Martini, Michael Palmer, Greg Iles

Lewis, Beverly [Amish Fiction] – Wanda Brunstetter, W. Dale Cramer, Tracie Peterson, Karen Kingsbury, Amy Clipston, Cindy Woodsmall, Jerry Eicher, Beth Wiseman, Lynn Austin, Linda Chaikin

Lindsey, Johanna [Contemporary/ Futuristic/ Historical Romance] – Judith McNaught, Jude Deveraux, Julie Garwood, Amanda Quick, Linda Howard, Julia Quinn, Jane Feather, Stephanie Laurens

Lowell, Elizabeth [Romantic Suspense] – Catherine Coulter, Iris Johansen, Nora Roberts, Jo Beverly, Mary Jo Putney, Linda Howard, Sandra Brown, Stephanie Laurens, Jayne Ann Krentz, Heather Graham

Ludlum, Robert [Espionage/Political Thrillers] - Tom Clancy, Jack Higgins, John LeCarre, Richard North Patterson, Harlan Coben, Ridley Pearson, Andy McNab, Vince Flynn

Margolin, Phillip [Mystery/Suspense] – James Patterson, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Ridley Pearson

Macomber, Debbie [Women/Relationships] – Jude Deveraux, Fern Michaels, Luanne Rice, Anne Rivers Siddons, Kaye Gibbons, Lori Copeland, Susan Wiggs, Jan Karon, Richard Paul Evans

Maron, Margaret [Mystery] – Beverly Connor, Lillian O’Donnell, Marcia Muller, Martha Grimes, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Joan Hess, Margaret Coel, Ralph McInerny

Martini, Steve [Mystery/Legal Thriller] – Stephen J. Cannell, David Baldacci, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, James Patterson

McBain, Ed [Mystery] Joseph Wambaugh, Dan Mahoney, Ed Dee, Evan Hunter, Lawrence Block, J. A. Jance, Peter Turnbull, Bill Crider, William Tapply, Donald Westlake, Brad Meltzer, William Bayer

McCaffrey, Anne [Fantasy] – Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Mackey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Diana Gabaldon, Andre Norton

McCrumb, Sharyn [Mystery/Literary] – Wendell Berry, Fred Chappell, Tony Hillerman, Lee Smith, Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess

McMurtry, Larry [Western/Literary] – Ivan Doig, Conrad Richter, Cormac McCarthy, John Irving, Ken Kesey

McNaught, Judith [Romantic Suspense] – Julie Garwood, Elizabeth Lowell, Karen Robards, Catherine Coulter, Stephanie Laurens

Medlicott, Joan [Family Relationships/Gentle Read] – Jennifer Chiaverini, Richard Paul Evans, Jan Karon, Rosamunde Pilcher

Meltzer, Brad [Suspense] – David Baldacci, Stephen Frey, John Grisham, Vince Flynn, Robin Cook, James Patterson, Stuart Woods, Steve Martini, Brian Haig

Michael, Judith [Romance/Glitz] – Jackie Collins, Judith Krantz, Doris Mortman, Judith McNaught, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Danielle Steel, Sidney Sheldon, Olivia Goldsmith

Michaels, Barbara [Romantic Suspense/Gothic] – Clarissa Ross, Mary Stewart, Isabelle Holland, Anne Rice

Michaels, Fern [Romance] – Barbara Delinsky, Rosemary Rogers, Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Jude Deveraux, Dorothy Garlock

Mitchard, Jacquelyn [Women/Relationships] – Jodi Picoult, Elizabeth Berg, Nancy Thayer, Diane Chamberlain, LaVyrle Spencer, Anita Shreve, Joyce Carol Oates

Morris, Gilbert [Christian Mystery/History] – T. Davis Bunn, Joseph F. Girzone, Tim LaHaye, Janette Oke, Jane Kirkpatrick, Beverly Lewis, Lori Copeland, Lauraine Snelling

Muller, Marcia [Mystery] – Laura Lippman, Sharyn McCrumb, Margaret Maron, Sara Paretsky

Oates, Joyce Carol [Literary Fiction/Psychological Suspense] – Margaret Atwood, Don Delillo, Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine, Chris Bohjalian, Doris Lessing

O’Brian, Patrick [Adventure/Historical Naval] – Bernard Cornwell, Dewey Lambdin, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Nevil Shute, Alexander Kent

Oke, Janette [Christian Fiction/Historical/Love Stories] – Lori Copeland, Tracie Peterson, Gilbert Morris, Sally Laity, Beverly Lewis, Wanda E. Brunstetter

O’Shaughnessy, Perri [Legal Thriller] – Steve Martini, John Lescroart, Lisa Scottoline, Michael Connelly, Kathy Reichs, Phillip Margolin

Palmer, Diane [Romance/Western] – Janet Dailey, Linda Howard, Iris Johansen, Joan Johnston, Elizabeth Lowell

Palmer, Michael [Medical Suspense] – Robin Cook, Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Jonathan Kellerman

Paretsky, Sara [Mystery] – Linda Barnes, Edna Buchanan, Marcia Muller, Kate Wilhelm, Barbara D’Amato, Jill Churchill, Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich

Parker, Robert B. [Mystery] – Stephen J. Cannell, Robert Crais, James Lee Burke, William Tapply, Ross MacDonald, Michael Collins, Lawrence Block, Sue Grafton

Patterson, James [Suspense] – Michael Connelly, John Sandford, Greg Iles, Ridley Pearson, Jeffery Deaver, Harlan Coben, Patricia Cornwell, Jonathan Kellerman, Joy Fielding, Tami Hoag, John Katzenbach

Patterson, James North [Legal Thriller/Suspense] – Scott Turow, Jack Higgins, John Grisham, Phillip Margolin, John Lescroart

Pearson, Ridley [Mystery/Thriller/Suspense] – Jeffery Deaver, John Sanford, Thomas Perry, T. Jefferson Parker, Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly

Peretti, Frank [Christian Fiction/Horror/Suspense] – Randy Alcorn, Jerry Jenkins/Tim LaHaye, Dan Brown, Ted Dekker, Dee Henderson, Terry Blackstock, T. Davis Bunn, Brandilyn Collins

Perry, Anne [Mystery/Historical Fiction] – Elizabeth Peters, Tasha Alexander, Martha Grimes, Sharan Newman, Caleb Carr

Perry, Thomas [Mystery/Suspense] – Lisa Gardner, Tess Gerritsen, William Bernhardt, Jonathan Kellerman, Patricia Cornwell, Iris Johansen, Dean Koontz

Peters, Elizabeth [Mystery/Historical] – Sharyn McCrumb, Carolyn Hart, Anne Perry, Amanda Quick, Sue Grafton, Jayne Ann Krentz

Peters, Ellis [Mystery/Historical] – Elizabeth Peters, Laurie King, Anne Perry

Peterson, Tracie [Christian/Inspirational] – Lori Copeland, Angela Hunt, Beverly Lewis, Karen Kingsbury, Lynn Morris, Lori Wick

Picoult, Jodi [Women/Relationships] - Chris Bohjalian, Diane Chamberlain Jacquelyn Mitchard, Sue Miller, Ann Hood, Anita Shreve, Elizabeth Berg, Anna Quindlen, Joyce Maynard, Alice Hoffman, Anna Quindlen, Luanne Rice

Phillips, Susan Elizabeth [Romance] - Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, Deborah Smith

Pilcher, Rosamunde [Women/Relationships/Gentle Read] – Maeve Binchey, Joanna Trollope, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Anne Rivers Siddons, Penny Vincenzi, Dorothea Benton Frank, Anne River Siddens, Kristen Hannah, Debbie Macomber, Jacqueline Briskin

Plaidy, Jean [Historical Fiction] – Philippa Gregory, Sharon Kay Penman, Anya Seton, Rosalind Miles, Robin Maxwell, Diane Haeger

Plain, Belva [Family Sagas] – Barbara Delinsky, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Howard Fast, Nicholas Sparks, Julie Ellis, Fern Michaels, Susan Howatch, Catherine Cookson, Cynthia Freeman

Quick, Amanda [Romance/Suspense] – Mary Balogh, Catherine Coulter, Julie Garwood, Stephanie Laurens, Mary Jo Putney

Ray, Jeanne [Women/Family Relationships] – Edna Buchan, Elizabeth Berg, Clair Cook, Kathleen Eagle, Kristin Hannah, Elinor Lipman, Nancy Thayer, Lolly Winston

Read, Miss [Gentle Read/Social Lives] – Ann B. Ross, Jan Karon, Beverly Lewis, Phillip Gulley, Marcia Willett

Reich, Christopher [Suspense] – Stephen Frey, Vince Flynn, Jeffery Deaver, Daniel Silva, Lisa Scottoline, David Baldacci

Reichs, Kathy [Mystery/Suspense] – Karen Slaughter, Iris Johansen, Tess Gerritsen, Janet Evanovich, Patricia Cornwell

Rice, Anne [Paranormal Horror/Romance] – Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Stephen King, Christine Feehan

Rice, Luanne [Women’s Relationships] – Nicholas Sparks, Barbara Delinsky, Debbie Macomber, Kristin Hannah, LaVyrle Spencer, Jennifer Weiner, Susan Wiggs, Nora Roberts, Fern Michaels, Danielle Steel

Rivers, Francine [Christian Fiction/Historical] – Bodie and Brock Thoene, Lawana Blackwell, Tracie Peterson, Lori Wick, Karen Kingsbury

Robards, Karen [Romantic Suspense] – Julie Garwood, Linda Howard, Sandra Brown, Jane Ann Krentz, Judith McNaught

Robb, J.D. [Futuristic Romance/Suspense] – Kay Hooper, Carla Neggers

Roberts, Nora [Suspense/Romance] – Jane Ann Krentz, Mary Jo Putney, Sandra Brown, Elizabeth Lowell, Mary Alice Monroe, Julie Garwood, Linda Howard, Stella Cameron

Ross, Ann B. [Family Relationships/Humor] – Bret Lott, Nicholas Sparks, Dorothea Benton Frank, Diane Mott Davidson, Joanne Fluke, Joan Medlicott

Sanders, Lawrence [Mystery] – Robert B. Parker, Carol Higgins Clark, Stuart Woods, Jonathan Kellerman, Ridley Pearson

Sandford, John [Mystery/Suspense] – James Patterson, Linda Fairstein, Ridley Pearson, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, David Baldacci, Tess Gerritsen, Stuart Woods, Harlan Coben, Vince Flynn

Saul, John [Suspense] – Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, Stephen King, V.C. Andrews, James Patterson

Scottoline, Lisa [Legal Thriller] – Steve Martini, Rose Connors, Jonnie Jacobs, Linda Fairstein, Tami Hoag, Lisa Gardner, Jonathan Kellerman

Shreve, Anita [Women/ Relationships] – Elizabeth Berg, Jodi Picoult, Sue Miller, Kate Wilhelm, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Joyce Maynard

Siddons, Anne Rivers [Women/ Relationships] – Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, Lois Battle, Dorothea Benton Frank, Mary Alice Monroe

Silva, Daniel [International Intrigue/Suspense] – Christopher Reich, Vince Flynn, Lee Child, Nelson DeMille, Frederick Forsyth, Brad Thor, Steve Berry

Smith, Wilber [Adventure/Historical Fiction] – Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, Matthew Reilly, Ken Follett

Sparks, Nicholas [Family Relationships/Romance] – Richard Paul Evans, Mitch Albom, Nicholas Evans, Emily Grayson, Kristin Hannah, Lynne J. Hinton, Jan Karon, Jeanne Ray

Spencer, LaVyrle [Romance] – Nora Roberts, Judith McNaught, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Jude Deveraux

Steel, Danielle [Women/Relationships/Glitz] – Barbara Delinsky, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Eileen Goudge, Fern Michaels, Mary Higgins Clark, Nora Roberts

Tan, Amy [Literary Fiction/Multicultural] – Gish Jen, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Lisa See, Ha Jin, Bette Lord

Tanenbaum, Robert K. [Suspense/Mystery] – Michael Connelly, John Sanford, Nelson DeMille, Stuart Woods, Jeffery Deaver, Linda Fairstein

Tolkien, J.R.R [Fantasy] – C.S. Lewis, Raymond E. Feist, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, George Lucas, R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis, Neil Gaiman

Trigiani, Adriana [Women/Family Relationships] – Jeanne Ray, Lorna Landvik, Fannie Flagg, Elizabeth Noble

Trollope, Joanna [Women/Family Relationships] – Anne Tyler, Elizabeth Berg, Maeve Binchy, Sue Miller, Anita Shreve, Penny Vincenzi

Tyler, Anne [Family Relationships/Literary Fiction] – Pat Conroy, Mary Gordon, Gail Godwin, Jane Hamilton, John Irving, Barbara Kingsolver, Jane Smiley, Carol Shields, Anna Quindlen

Turow, Scott [Legal Mystery] – William Bernhardt, William Diehl, Steve Martini, Joseph Finder, Jay Brandon, John Grisham, Phillip Margolin, Perri O’Shaughnessy, Richard North Patterson

Weiner, Jennifer [Chick Lit] – Jane Green, Emily Giffin, Emma McLaughlin, Lauren Weisberger

White, Randy Wayne [Mystery] – Dick Francis, Jack Higgins, Tony Hillerman, Nancy Pickard

White, Stephen [Suspense] – Patricia Cornwell, Linda Fairstein, Jonathan Kellerman, John Lescroart, Ed McBain, Michael Palmer

Wick, Lori [Christian/Inspirational] – Lori Copeland, Nicholas Evans, B.J. Hoff, Beverly Lewis, Brock & Bodie Thoene

Winspear, Jacqueline [Mystery/Historical] Anne Perry, Rhys Bowen, Victoria Thompson, Caleb Carr

Woods, Stuart [Thriller] – Lawrence Sanders, Jeffrey Archer, David Baldacci, Lawrence Block, Stephen J. Cannell, James Patterson, Jonathan Kellerman, John Sandford, Michael Crichton, Elmore Leonard, John Lutz, Robert B. Parker, Thomas Perry