# The Feud: Author, Author! by winterhawk11 (game over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131 "2010-06-06T03:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/21 "2010-06-06T16:19:05Z")
1. Ann Rice 2,. Steele 2. Bob Woodward 3. Rushdie 4. Dr. Seuss 5. Neil Simon 6. Harry Potter 7. Asimov 8. Romance ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/22 "2010-06-06T16:32:25Z")
1. R. L. Stine 2. Nora Roberts 3. Malcolm Gladwell 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Stephanie Meyer 6. J. K. Rowling 7. Oscar Wilde 8. Harry Potter 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Fantasy ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/23 "2010-06-06T16:38:59Z")
1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Danielle Steel 3. Name a nonfiction author. 4. Salman Rushdie 5. John Grisham 6. J.K. Rowling 7. Tennessee Williams 8. LOTR 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Sci Fi ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/24 "2010-06-06T17:19:20Z")
1. Clive Barker 2. Danielle Steel 3. Bill Bryson 4. Richard Dawkins 5. Stephanie Meyer 6. Dr. Seuss 7. George Bernard Shaw 8. Star Trek 9. Isaac Asimov 10. fantasy ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/25 "2010-06-06T17:25:27Z")
1. Richard Matheson 2. Danielle Steele 3. Bill Bryson 4. Richard Dawkins 5. Piers Anthony 6. JK Rowling 7. Neil Simon 8. Harry Potter 9. Isaac Asimov 10. science fiction ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/26 "2010-06-06T17:47:38Z")
1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Barbara Cartland 3. Stephen Knight 4. David Irving 5. Terry Goodkind 6. Enid Blyton 7. Christopher Marlowe 8. Twilight 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Fantasy 11. Authour of “The Brotherhood”, a book about Freemasonry 12. The Holocaust denier ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/27 "2010-06-06T18:10:37Z")
1. Edgar Allen Poe 2. Danielle Steele 3. Carl Sagan 4. Salmon Rushdie 5. Michael Chricton 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Heinrich Ibsen 8. Harry Potter 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Nonfiction Notes: 1: Or Lovecraft 6: AKA Theodore Geisel 10: True for me personally, but I also think it’ll be a popular answer. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/28 "2010-06-06T20:45:59Z")
1. Anne Rice 2. Danielle Steele 3. Dominic Dunne 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Stephenie Myer 6. J.K. Rowling 7. Bernard Shaw 8. Harry Potter 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Sci-Fi 11. Not really but I think it’s a good feud answer ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/29 "2010-06-06T21:21:27Z")
1. Anne Rice 2. Barbara Cartland 3. Sebastian Junger 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Stephenie Meyer 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Neil Simon 8. Twilight/vampires 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Nonfiction ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/30 "2010-06-06T21:38:59Z")
1. Peter Straub 2. Danielle Steele 3. Steven Hawking 4. Dan Brown 5. Dan Brown 6. JK Rowling 7. Tennessee Williams 8. Harry Potter 9. Isaac Azimov 10. Fantasy ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/31 "2010-06-06T21:39:11Z")
1. H. P. Lovecraft 2. Georgette Heyer 3. Bill Bryson 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Sarah Palin 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Tom Stoppard 8. Star Trek 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Science Fiction I anticipate some low scores from this one. Wavered between Asimov and Heinlein for 9, and between Science Fiction and Nonfiction for 10. Heyer was the only romance author whose name I could think of. ETA: Gah! Danielle Steele! Dan Brown! How could I not think of these things at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/32 "2010-06-06T21:43:46Z")
1. Anne Rice 2. Danielle Steele 3. Steven Hawking 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Stephenie Meyer 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Arthur Miller 8. Star Trek 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Science Fiction ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/33 "2010-06-07T00:09:52Z")
1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Linda Howard 3. Stephen Ambrose 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Dan Brown 6. J.K. Rowling 7. Neil Simon 8. Star Trek 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Fantasy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/34 "2010-06-07T00:12:50Z")
1. Peter Straub 2. Danielle Steel 3. Malcolm Gladwell 4. Ann Coulter 5. John Grisham 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Neil Simon 8. Star Trek 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Mystery ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/35 "2010-06-07T00:24:45Z")
1. Clive Barker 2. Nicholas Sparks 3. Oliver Sacks 4. Micheal Moore 5. Stephanie Myer 6. JK Rowling 7. Arthur Miller 8. Harry Potter 9. Philip K. Dick 10. Urban Fantasy ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/36 "2010-06-07T00:52:30Z")
1. Poe 2. Nora Roberts 3. Malcolm Gladwell 4. James Frey 5. Dan Brown 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Tennessee Williams 8. Star Trek 9. Asimov 10. Mystery ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/37 "2010-06-07T01:49:43Z")
1. Clive Barker 2. Jayne Ann Krentz 3. Stephen Ambrose 4. Christopher Hitchens 5. Dan Brown 6. J.K. Rowling 7. Eugene O’Neill 8. Star Trek 9. Robert Heinlein 10. science fiction ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/38 "2010-06-07T01:54:52Z")
Dammit, I don’t read romance novels. Danielle Steel was the only romance writer whose name I could think of. But I decided I should do some searching because I figured there were probably better known romance writers that I had never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/39 "2010-06-07T10:48:38Z")
1. H.P. Lovecraft 2. Danielle Steele 3. Stephen Hawking 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Anne Rice 6. Dr. Suess 7. Arthur Miller 8. Star Trek 9. Isaac Asimov 10. Children’s ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/40 "2010-06-07T12:11:28Z")
1. Edgar Allen Poe 2. Danielle Steele 3. Jon Krakauer 4. Stephen Frye 5. Stephenie Meyer 6. Dr. Seusse 7. Tennessee Williams 8. Star Trek 9. Arthur C. Clarke 10. Fantasy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131.md?page=3)