I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
Doesn’t seem like his personal website is updated but according to Wikipedia he came out with a 2-book series called The Hero of Thera more recently with the last one published in 2019 which isn’t that long ago. Looking at it, it kind of seems to have a similar vibe as Mortal Coils. I might give it a try.
For some reason I thought that was published in 2017. Also, I think it’s a Lit RPG. I’ve never played/read one of those before. I may give it a try too.