Young Writers Society

Wohoo, ein list! Anyway, here is the list I made. Blood dripping over roses and other genital symbols, half naked men with sixpacks and women in flowing dresses or leather boots...

Anyway, here is the list I made. Now, I know the big names which immediately jump to mind: Anne Rice, Charlaine whatever /the southern vampire lady/, the Meyer woman, Patterson's Maximum Ride stuff... If you show me a book of this sort my eyelids become leaden instantly and as my chin hits my chest I fall into the restfull sleep of the deeply bored. But! Today I decided to check up, just for the fun of it, how many bestselling authors are there in these predonomantly clit-lit categories. Here is the list I made.

More than 150! Let me say that with words - over one hundred and fifty! Now, I probably misunderstood about some of them /couldn't bother to go really in depth/, and missed at least twenty other more deserving, but anyway - here is the list I made. Of course, a bestseller is an elastic concept covering sales from 30K to 300mil and beyond, and judging by the crappy covers and the porn star names /I'm certain I've seen at least one film with someone called Nina Bangs/ most are closer to the former than the latter, but anyway, without more ado - here is the list I made.

Keep it in mind dear vamp/paranormal/urban fantasy enthusiasts, when you plan to enter this swarm of genre comrades - aparently this phenomenon is like the pulp crime/detective waves of the 1930's - 1950's. Zillions of author parasites and a few titans carrying the full weight of /in this case/ providing sublimated S/M fantasies for horny teens, horny office plankton, and horny grannies in denial. Anyway, here is the list I made.

/When I think about the classical sublimated S/M vintage pulp covers, yeah, this is a really very similar phenomenon. Mirror phenomenon in fact. Phallic empowerment sisters! High heel boots and swords baby.../

And now for something completely different: here is the list I made

Amanda Ashley
Alyssa Day
Allyson James
Ann Aguirre
Alysha Gale
Angela Knight
Annette Blair
Anya Bast
Angie Fox
Barbara Monajem
Brenda Novak
CLAIRE DELACROIX
Colleen Gleason
Christine Feehan
Carrie Jones
Carrie Vaughn
Cheyenne McCray
Catherine Asaro
Candace Havens
Caridad Pineiro
C.L. Wilson
CJ Lyons
Chris Marie Green
C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
Catherine Spangler
Cassandra Clare
Crystal Inman
Cheryl Jeffries
Constance O'Day-Flannery
Charlotte Hughes
Deborah Smith
Douglas Clegg
D.J. MacHale
Dawn Rotarangi
Dakota Cassidy
Ellen Hopkins
Erin McCarthy
Elna Stone
Eve Silver
Gerry Bartlett
Gena Showalter
Gail Carriger
Heather Graham
Holly Black
Ilona Andrews
Jessica Andersen
Jeaniene Frost
Jeri Smith-Ready
Jayne Ann Krentz
Joseph Finder
Joseph Delaney
John Steakley
Jim Butcher
Julie Beard
Jaci Burton
Jo Beverley
Joe Nassise
J.C.Wilder
Karin Harlow
Karen Marie Moning
Kat Martin
Kasey Mackenzie
Katie MacAlister
Kelley Armstrong
Keri Arthur
Karen Healey
Kimberly Raye
Kathryn Smith
Kat Richardson
Kresley Cole
Kim Harrison
Kerrelyne Sparks
Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Plumley
Lisa Jane Smith
Lynsay Sands
Linda Howard
Linda Winstead Jones
Laura Resnick
Lara Adrian
Lana Griffin
Larissa Lone
Lora Leigh
Lori Foster
Lori Devoti
Linnea Sinclair
Laurell K. Hamilton
Lucy Monroe
LOIS GRESH
LA Banks
Lev Grossman
Lucienne Diver
Lynn Viehl
Mary Janice Davidson
Mary Jo Putney
Mary Balogh
Marie-Claude Bourque
Meliejan Brooks
Marjorie Liu
Monica McCarty
Monica Burns
Mario Acevedo
Maria V. Snyder
Meg Cabot
Maggie Shayne
Melissa Marr
Michelle Belanger
Michelle Rowen
Michele Bardsley
Mabel Iam
MJ Rose
Melissa Delacruz
Nina Bangs
Nancy Haddock
Nancy Gideon
Nancy Holzner
Nalini Singh
P.N. Elrod
Paula Guran
Pamela Palmer
Pamela Montgomerie
Patricia Rosemoor
Patricia Briggs
P.C. Cast
Richelle Mead
Rachel Ann Nunes
Rachel Caine
Rachel Vincent
Robin T Popp
Rosalyn West
Shana Abe
Shane Gericke
Shiloh Walker
Sue Den
Susan Grant
Susan Carroll
Susan Sizemore
Suzanne McLeod
Steven Saville
Shannon Drake
Sabrina Jeffries
Sabrina Luna
S.J. Day
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Skyler White
Shayla Black
Terry Spear
Tori Carrington
Tracy Madison
Tess Gerritsen
Teresa Medeiros
T.L. Mitchell
Tananarive Due
Vicki Pettersson
Wendy Markham
WHITLEY STRIEBER
Yasmine Galenorn
Zoe Winters
Haha, you thought I was messing with you - well I wasn't. Anyway, this was the list I made

Ever heard of Stephanie Meyer, author of bestselling vampire romance series Twilight?

Never mind Stephenie, what about Cassandra Clare? Her Mortal Instruments series are amazing, and she's got another series called The Infernal Devices out soon as well. She's LEGEND, I love the MI books!!

Cassandra Clare has been added to the list!
'Twilight' I believe I've covered in this bit at the introduction:

Anyway, here is the list I made. Now, I know the big names which immediately jump to mind: Anne Rice, Charlaine whatever /the southern vampire lady/, the Meyer woman, Patterson's Maximum Ride stuff...

...Lets just assume this bit is a place of honor for people too big to be in the list proper

Oops, sorry. I didn't read the whole thing because it was so long. My bad!

You've got most of your list complete... although you're missing a very important one!!!!! MELISSA DE LA CRUZ! She wrote Blue Bloods! And I'm gonna admit that Twilight is one of my guilty pleasures :S Don't hurt me... please