Blake's 7 Avatars in Pro Books

Blake's 7 Avatars in Pro Books is the professional author practice of modeling their original characters after characters or actors in Blake's 7.
From a fan in 1995:
Some authors state up front they have done this. From Lillian Stewart Carl (unknown date): 
From Gayle F in 1993: 
==A Fan Compilation at Judith Proctor's Website==
One list of these for-profit books was located at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 website.
There, fans had this compilation of pro authors who they felt fan casted, either directly or implicitly, characters or actors from Blake's 7, as well as their reasons why.
*Lois McMaster Bujold | David McIntee | P.N. Elrod | Gayle F | C. S. Friedman | Tanith Lee | Jean Lorrah Barbara Paul | Louise Cooper | Patricia C. Wrede | Lillian Stewart Carl | Timothy Zahn | L.J. Smith | Jane Emerson | Gillian Taylor | Chelsea Quinn YarbroOh, the irony. | Georgette Heyer.
==A Fan Compilation in "Strange Bedfellows APA"==
A fan published a list of possbile/probably avatars in her trib to Strange Bedfellows (APA) #6 in August 1994.
She headed it with: 
A fan in that next apa, #7, responded with: 
The list:
* Banks, Iain ("Consider Phlebas," and "Player of Games," and "Use of Weapons")
* Brust, Stephen ("Tatlos", The Jhereg Series, "Uses I'm not expendable..")
* Bujold, Lois McMaster ("Brothers in Arms", Duv Galeni is based on Kerr Avon)
* Carl, Lillian Stewart ("Ashes to Ashes" and "Dust to Dust")
* Cherryh, C.J. ("Heavy Time")
* David, Peter ("The Siege," reference to Bajoran freedom fighter Ayvon of the Seven)
* Elrod, P.N. ("Art in the Blood," Leighton Brett = Blake, Alex Adrian = Avon, Evan Robley = Vila, Sandra = Cally, Barbara = Servalan, Reva = Jenna, also "I, Strahd" is based on Kerr Avon)
* Friedman, C.S. ("Dark Sun Rising" and "When True Night Falls" - "There was some controversy on the list about whether the characters are B7-influenced or not.")
* Lackey, Mercedes ("Summoned to Tourney")
*Lee, Tanith ("Kill the Dead," Parl Dro and Myal Lemyal are based on Paul Darrow/Avon and Michael Keating/Vila)
* L.E.G.I.O.N. DC Comics ("Vril Drox bears resemblence to both Avon and Blake, Bek is Vila-like.")
* Lorrah, Jean ("Empress Unborn," "Pyrrhus and Wicket are based on Avon and Vila." Also "IDIC Epidemic," and "Metamorphosis," and "Survivors," "Tasha's ex-boyfriend in both TNG books is based on Avon.")
* McCrumb, Sharyn ("Bimbos of the Death Sun," "mystery set at sf con, uses "I'm not expendable.")
* McDonell, Anne ("Too Close for Comfort," a Quantum Leap tie-in novel)
* Paul, Barbara ("The Apostrophe Thief" and "You Have the Right to Remain Silent")
* Simpson, Dorothy ("Element of Doubt" and "Puppet for a Corpse," reference to Servalan)
* Zahn, Timothy (Star Wars tie-ins: "Heir to the Empire," and "Dark Force Rising," and "The Last Command," Talon Kaard is based on Avon)
==A Fan Compilation in "IMHO"==
The planned third issue of IMHO* was to have included a list, which was likely a contemplation of previous lists. 
From IMHO* #2 (1995): 
==Fan Comments Regarding Specific Authors==
===Barbara Paul===
 
===Candace Robb===
===Chelsea Quinn Yarbro===
In 1995, Paul Darrow (the actor who portrayed Avon) said to fans at Visions that 
===Gayle F===
===Georgette Heyer===
This comment is by Gillian Taylor, a pro author who was on the list at Judith Proctor's site.
===Gillian Taylor===
===Jane Emerson===
===Jean Lorrah===
 
===Joel Cornah===
In an interview with the SciFiFantasyNetwork, Cornah says of his 2016 novel The Sky Slayer:
ilsa-fireswan analyses the text and picks out some of the B7 quotes. Snippets from a much longer post:
===L.J. Smith===
=== Lillian Stewart Carl===
=== Lois McMaster Bujold===
P.N. Elrod said in 1992: 
===P.N. Elrod===
===Patricia C. Wrede===
===Tanith Lee===
For a failed fan-project based on Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee, see Ghyste Motura.
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Fandom Glossary