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* Virginia Heinlein shaped a lot of how [[Robert Heinlein]] was viewed by regulating which of his book were published, and how, according to [http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/05/the-wives-and-drives-of-robert-heinlein-ginny/ Frederik Pohl].

* August Derleth shaped much of the popular understanding of the [[Lovecraft Mythos]], and codified a lot of it.

** Which has been [[Broken Base|hotly contested]] as Derleth split the mythos between what was basically good or bad (Elder Gods vs. The Great Old Ones) with the Elder Gods having been added after Lovecraft died. The main conflict is that the Elder Gods tend be fairly benign, while The Great Old Ones try to destroy humanity, often going away from the [[Blue and Orange Morality]] that makes up the mythos. In recent times, Derleth's concept of good and evil is becoming less common, with the [[Call of Cthulhu]] tabletop game removing it from the 6th edition.

** Which has been [[Broken Base|hotly contested]] as Derleth split the mythos between what was basically good or bad (Elder Gods vs. The Great Old Ones) with the Elder Gods having been added after Lovecraft died. The main conflict is that the Elder Gods tend be fairly benign, while The Great Old Ones try to destroy humanity, often going away from the [[Blue and Orange Morality]] that makes up the mythos. In recent times, Derleth's concept of good and evil is becoming less common, with the [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]] tabletop game removing it from the 6th edition.

* To a similar degree, that is true of Lin Carter with the work of [[Robert E. Howard]].

* In the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine ~~relaunch~~]] books, Andrew Robinson, who played the character Elim Garak, has filled in much of Garak's mysterious and covert past.

* In the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]] books, Andrew Robinson, who played the character Elim Garak, has filled in much of Garak's mysterious and covert past.

* Christopher Tolkien is often this to [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] when it comes to posthumous works. In particular, the published version of [[The Silmarillion]] is often assumed to be canon, when it is simply the most well-known interpretation of a number of unfinished and contradictory sources. On the whole, Christopher is pretty careful to separate actual [[Word of God]] from his own thoughts on paper.