Publishers also misguidedly attempt to turn genre authors into mainstream writers.

He then says: "I am a genre author, and I live in that world.

Another day, another genre author bemoaning the lack of respect afforded him by the elitist mainstream?

Few genre authors can snap a word-picture with this author's perceptive wit.

An increasingly important aspect of some genre authors and titles is their ability to cross over into a mainstream readership.

Short of robbing a bank, an established genre author can't make a bolder midcareer move than trying out a hero in a prospective series.

Child abuse is a crime that also inspires genre authors to go off in wildly different directions.

There are solid pragmatic reasons why genre authors might be working children into their narratives.

Here are thirteen classic SF stories by well- known genre authors.