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This shows the total rating for each author. Authors who have produced three or more books at a total rating above the all-series average gain a recommended indicator (green).

Out of the 20 authors/teams that have produced only a single book there are 4 in the top 10 and 6 in the last 10. The appearance of 10 out of the last 17 does suggest that a badly received first novel may prevent the commissioning of another.

	Author	Books	Rating	Std Dev
1	Lance Parkin	4	82.77	2.35
2	Russell Davies	1	80.30
3	Lawrence Miles	6	80.01	6.76
4	Simon Bucher-Jones & Mark Clapham	1	79.70
5	Matthew Jones	2	79.05	1.90
6	Andy Lane	3	78.81	4.59
7	Lance Parkin & Mark Clapham	1	78.80
8	Kate Orman	6	78.61	3.69
9	Paul Cornell	7	78.32	4.82
10	Paul Magrs	1	76.90
11	Ben Aaronovitch & Kate Orman	1	76.80
12	Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman	3	76.71	2.44
13	Gareth Roberts	7	74.95	7.15
14	Paul Leonard & Nick Walters	1	74.70
15	Rebecca Levene & Simon Winstone	1	73.70
16	Keith Topping & Martin Day	2	72.78	1.65
17	Justin Richards	11	72.50	5.72
18	Steve Lyons	8	72.36	8.26
19	Mark Gatiss	3	71.84	4.51
20	Jim Mortimore & Andy Lane	1	71.80
21	Craig Hinton	3	71.33	5.80
22	Stephen Marley	1	70.50
23	Ben Aaronovitch	2	69.20	15.55
24	Robert Perry & Mike Tucker	3	69.03	2.12
25	Nick Walters	1	68.50
26	Dave Stone	7	67.09	6.00
27	Mark Morris	2	66.99	0.90
28	David A. McIntee	10	66.98	5.61
29	Terrance Dicks	7	66.33	9.30
30	Marc Platt	3	65.86	13.16
31	Paul Leonard	7	65.84	5.76
32	Andrew Cartmel	3	65.07	3.05
33	Gary Russell	7	63.95	8.71
34	Paul Magrs & Jeremy Hoad	1	63.90
35	Peter Anghelides	2	63.68	7.80
36	Christopher Bulis	10	63.15	6.25
37	Simon Bucher-Jones	2	63.07	6.70
38	David Banks	1	62.90
39	Trevor Baxendale	1	62.90
40	Jim Mortimore	6	62.20	7.78
41	Martin Day & Len Beech	1	61.80
42	Michael Collier	2	61.43	8.80
43	Simon Messingham	3	60.40	4.42
44	Daniel O'Mahony	2	59.68	2.20
45	Nigel Robinson	2	58.77	13.50
46	Daniel Blythe	2	58.06	2.15
47	Chris Boucher	1	57.70
48	Andrew Hunt	1	57.40
49	John Peel	4	55.88	2.27
50	Peter Darvill-Evans	1	53.80
51	Martin Day	1	53.70
52	Barry Letts	1	40.40
53	Neil Penswick	1	33.30

Consistency

The following table shows the standard deviation for each author who has written two or more books. While the rankings table above shows how well an author is received this shows how consistent the author is across all of their writings. It can be useful in determining whether you will continue to read an author based on your opinion of one of their earlier books. The higher up the table they are the more likely you will find their other books matching your opinion of the first one.

	Author	Std Dev
1	Mark Morris	0.90
2	Keith Topping & Martin Day	1.65
3	Matthew Jones	1.90
4	Robert Perry & Mike Tucker	2.12
5	Daniel Blythe	2.15
6	Daniel O'Mahony	2.20
7	John Peel	2.27
8	Lance Parkin	2.35
9	Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman	2.44
10	Andrew Cartmel	3.05
11	Kate Orman	3.69
12	Simon Messingham	4.42
13	Mark Gatiss	4.51
14	Andy Lane	4.59
15	Paul Cornell	4.82
16	David A. McIntee	5.61
17	Justin Richards	5.72
18	Paul Leonard	5.76
19	Craig Hinton	5.80
20	Dave Stone	6.00
21	Christopher Bulis	6.25
22	Simon Bucher-Jones	6.70
23	Lawrence Miles	6.76
24	Gareth Roberts	7.15
25	Jim Mortimore	7.78
26	Peter Anghelides	7.80
27	Steve Lyons	8.26
28	Gary Russell	8.71
29	Michael Collier	8.80
30	Terrance Dicks	9.30
31	Marc Platt	13.16
32	Nigel Robinson	13.50
33	Ben Aaronovitch	15.55

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