Literary Afterlife

<p> This is an encyclopedic work arranged by broad categories and then by original authors of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer unauthorized pastiches and biographies of literary characters.</p><p> The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure Classics (18th Century and Earlier) Classics (19th Century) Classics (20th Century) Crime and Mystery Espionage Fantasy and Horror Humor Juveniles (19th Century) Juveniles (20th Century) Poets Pulps Romances Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography a list of original works and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.</p>