Fan authors who write pro fic?

[norwich36]

I was saying to rsadelle the other day that when I was recently in a bookstore trying to spend a gift certificate I got for my birthday, I couldn't really find anything that looked interesting to me, as I am so spoiled by fanfic actually giving me all the tropes and kinks I like exactly as I like them. I mentioned that I was tempted to buy the works of a renowned fandom plagiarist, just because I figured her stories would have a fannish sensibility so I would be more likely to enjoy them than other random genre fic. (She strongly discouraged me from doing that, btw).

In the course of that conversation, it occurred to me that it would be really handy to have a list of names of fannish authors who write pro-fic, to assist in my search for pro-fic I actually like. Does such a list exist? If not, would you mind commenting with suggestions on this post? I'm not looking for you to out authors' fannish identities--I'm sure many of them want to keep their fandom and pro identities separate--so the name they publish under is what I'm really looking for. So, for example, just say "Naomi Novik, (or "Naomi Novik's Temeraire series") not the fannish name everybody knows her by.

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[ghostrunner7.livejournal.com]

Jaida Jones? I've never actually read any of her published work, but I know she's in fandom.

[jamafanta.livejournal.com]

Are you familiar with Maya, from the HP fandom? She's a pro author (see sarahtales) and her Demon's Covenant series is just gorgeous to the nth degree. Seriously, I've read it a stupid number of times. I would say her years of fanfic writing (and feedback!) gave her a serious leg up in the world of pro writing.

[elizah-jane.livejournal.com]

Lately I've been reading a bunch of stuff from Less Than Three Press. I think the women who run it all started out in fandom, so it's sort of original m/m fiction with fannish sensibilities. Specifically, I really like pretty much everything I've read from Megan Derr, and they have an ongoing Fairy Tale series that's pretty awesome.

[askmehow.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head, there are Sarah Rees Brennan, Claudia Gray and Cassandra Clare. I'm sure there must be so many more, though.

[...] as I am so spoiled by fanfic actually giving me all the tropes and kinks I like exactly as I like them.

This is a problem I've been having while reading pro-fic recently; I often find myself thinking, "I've seen this trope handled better in fanfic." I'm so glad someone thought to make a list of fanfic-writers-turned-pro!

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

I believe that Diane Duane, writer of the Young Wizards series, is/was a fanfic author.

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

Seanan McGuire / Mira Grant (same author, different series).

I've enjoyed what I've read of the Rosemary & Rue series. The books by Mira Grant are post-zombie apocalypse, which isn't really my thing, but I've been told there isn't much zombie stuff so maybe I will read them.

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Karen Healey's Guardian of the Dead.

Also: Melissa Scott, Jo Graham, and Martha Wells.

[sabershadowkat.livejournal.com]

Tory Temple (http://www.torytemple.com/index2.php). She was a fan-ficcer who now writes professional slash.

I would also recommend Elisa Vesperis' Dark Lord Seeks Friendship, Maybe More (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6149452-dark-lord-seeks-friendship-maybe-more) for a fandom-type of professional slash. It's a hoot and a half.

Both can be bought through Torque Press as an ebook or in bound copy.