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Here are the statistics on published authors found in the ISFDB. Due to the increase in self-published e-books, and the inability to easily determine the readership of those ebooks, these statistics are limited to novels that have an ISBN.

No. of Novels with ISBNs # ISFDB Authors in Class ISFDB Authors without Wikipedia Articles Author Article Success Rate
100 and above 91 11 87.91%
90-99 28 5 82.14%
80-89 34 7 79.41%
70-79 52 11 78.85%
60-69 61 17 72.13%
50-59 106 27 74.53%
40-49 140 43 69.29%
30-39 284 98 65.49%
20-29 736 341 53.67%
10-19 2012 1129 43.89%
1-9 32423 26617 17.91%

It's clear from these number that publishing fewer than 20 novels does not in itself make one notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Publishing 20 or more novels makes the probability possible, but not guaranteed.

Authors with 20 Novels and an SFE Entry

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The following authors have at least 20 novels with ISBNs, have an entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, and have no Wikipedia entry. There are over 1500 SF authors in this category, and only 14 of those do not have Wikipedia articles, giving an overall success rate for this category of 99.28%.

Author Notabilty Awards Reviews Add Article Notes
David Dvorkin Level 2 0 13 DONE (3/24/22) 23 Novels. Good candidate.
Mel Gilden Level 2 0 13 DONE (3/25/22) 22 Novels. Good candidate. Subsequent article issues: Notability, reliable sources.
Brian N. Ball Level 2 0 13 DONE (3/30/22) 27 Novels. Good candidate.
Edward Willett Level 2 6 5 DONE (4/2/22) 21 Novels. 2 Aurora wins, 4 Aurora nominations. 5 reviews. Good candidate.
Guy Haley Level 2 1 10 DONE (3/5/22) 43 Novels. Good candidate.
Fay Sampson Level 2 0 9 DONE (4/3/22) 20 Novels. No awards. 9 reviews. Good candidate.
Mike Sirota Level 2 0 6 DONE (3/5/22) 38 Novels. Good candidate. Article insta-killed without vote (or feedback) and moved to "draft space" by User:Modussiccandi on 6/3. This is exactly 90 days after the article was created, which is the max limit for moving articles to draft space according to the incubation guidelines.
Les Martin Level 2 1 5 DONE (3/23/22) 24 Novels. This author previously had an article, which was deleted in 2017 due to lack of notability. I think we have more objective data to support notability at this time. Good candidate. Marked for Speedy Deletion by User:Onel5969 on 9/15/22, "because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted", which is not the case as the new article was created without reference to the deleted version. This was voted against by User:Espresso Addict, and the article was not deleted.
P. M. Griffin Level 2 0 5 DONE (3/21/22). 24 Novels. Good candidate. Article insta-killed without vote (or feedback) and moved to "draft space" by User:Scope_creep on 5/26. Moved out of draft space by User:Espresso Addict, who also added additional reviews.
Pamela F. Service Level 2 0 5 DONE (3/22/22) 24 Novels. Good candidate.
Robert Lory Level 2 0 4 DONE (3/20/22) 26 Novels. Good candidate.
Nicholas Sansbury Smith Level 2 2 0 DONE (3/26/22) 63 Novels. Good candidate. Article insta-killed without vote (or feedback) and moved to "draft space" by User:hitroMilanese on 4/25. Submitted for review by myself on 9/18/22. Article was rejected as it "needs more independent sources not primary".
David Annandale Level 2 2 0 DONE (3/7/22) 31 Novels and over 100 works of short fiction. Good candidate. Subsequent article issues: Needs citations, relies on primary sources.
Mack Maloney Level 2 0 2 DONE (3/20/22) 25 Novels. Good candidate. Added article. Subsequent article issues: written like a resume. (??)
Ben Counter Level 2 0 1 DONE (3/10/22) 30 Novels. Good candidate. Added article.
Linda Joy Singleton Level 2 0 0 DONE (3/21/22) 23 Novels. Good candidate. Added article.
Craig DiLouie Level 2 2 3 Maybe 20 Novels. 2 award nominations. 3 reviews. Depends on whether more reviews can be found online, aside from the 3 known to the ISFDB.
Daniel Walther Level 2 6 34 Skip 23 Novels. French author with extensive bibliography in French, but only two English translations, so very limited English exposure. Author has a French Wikipedia article, and passed in 2018, so while certainly notable, an English-language article seems unnecessary.
Christian Léourier Level 2 8 18 Skip 21 Novels. French author with extensive bibliography in French, with no English translations. Has a French Wikipedia article. Notable, but not of interest for an English-language article.
P. J. Hérault Level 2 0 12 Skip 29 Novels. These are all French novels, with few English translations. The author has a French Wikipedia entry, so no need for an English article.
Hiroshi Yamamoto Level 2 5 1 Skip 32 Novels. These are all Japanese novels, with only two English translations. The author has a Japanese Wikipedia entry, and with no English presence, there no need for an English article. The current link is a disambiguation page.
C. L. Werner Level 2 0 4 Skip 36 Novels. Biographical information is extremely sparse, so will save this for later.
Peter Cawdron Level 2 0 3 Skip 21 Novels. No awards. 3 reviews.
Michelle Rowen Level 2 2 0 Skip 21 Novels. 2 Goodreads award nominations. No reviews. The current link is a redirect to the author's Falling Kingdoms series
Sarah Fine Level 2 1 1 Skip 21 Novels. 1 award nomination. 1 review.
Jill Williamson Level 2 0 0 Skip 22 Novels. No awards, and no reviews. Would need other evidence to move forward with an article.
Susan Squires Level 2 0 0 Skip 20 Novels. No awards. No reviews.
Sergio Funaro Level 2 0 0 Skip 20 Novels. No awards. No reviews.