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.
VC andrews. A talented gothic writer that never got to live to her full potential.
I’ve read every single book she’s released, I wish she’d been able to write more. She was taken too soon 😭
Most of them are written by a ghost writer.