I like him, but for me, it’s Stephen King, a lot of his stories he goes off on a twenty page non-relevant rant.
Though, the ones where he keeps that to a minimum, are great.
Then there’s Mr. Marketer James Patterson who markets out his name to other authors making it look like he wrote the book when it was obviously someone else.
If by ‘author’ you also mean ‘poet’ - ugh, Emily freaking Dickinson.
She has ONE rhythm, and it’s awful. It’s sing-songy, and it drills itself into your head, rendering her work ultimately meaningless.
And this guy - I don’t know where he came from (and apparently it’s a pseudonym anyway), but this Brian Bilston guy is *everywhere* on social media - people keep reposting his stuff like it’s profound or something. Spoiler: it’s not. Not even close. It’s a social media scourge, is what it is.