History OutlivedItsCreator / Literature

* Creator/VCAndrews' generational sagas about the [[Literature/DollangangerSeries Dollanganger]] and [[Literature/TheCasteelSeries Casteel]] families were continued after her death by a ghostwriter, who then went on to write several more series along similar lines that were published under her name.

* While [[WesternAnimation/LlamaLlama the Netflix series]] started production during Anna Dewdney's final stages of breast cancer. The ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' series currently lives on as an animated series on Netflix, merchandise, and occasional stage shows. Some of the original Llama Llama books that were unpublished ("Llama Llama Loves To Read" and "Llama Llama Easter Egg") managed to get released two years after her passing. Future Llama Llama books by Dewdney (such as "Llama Llama ABC") would also get released posthumously using Dewdney's manuscripts and illustrated by JT Morrow.

* Jill Paton Walsh completed the unfinished ''Literature/LordPerteWimsey'' novel ''Thrones, Dominions'' in 1998, forty years after Creator/DorothyLSayers' death. She went on to write three original novels.

* Jody Lynn Nye is planning to continue Creator/RobertAsprin's Literature/MythAdventures novels.

* Despite Don Freeman (author of ''Literature/{{Corduroy}}'') passing away in 1978 not long after the release of the sequel book ''A Pocket For Corduroy''. Beginning in the 1990s, newer book starring Corduroy were released under a different illustrator and a [[AlternateContinuity different universe]] (Corduroy lives in a world where toys are alive instead of a real world setting) with the notably absence of Lisa and other human characters. However, two official follows ups (''Corduroy Lost And Found'' and ''Corduroy Takes A Bow'') and a prequel book (''A Christmas Wish For Corduroy'') are a direct continuation of the original Freeman books.

* Noboru Yamaguchi, author of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', died of cancer in 2013, with 20th light novel volume of the series released 2 years prior but with some material to release the following volume ready, the series was nearing its climax and was a constant hit in sales; Noboru had rough notes and manuscripts of how the series would end, with this the publisher Media Factory decided to pick someone capable of finishing writing the series in his place, 2 more books to end the series at the 22nd volume were scheduled, in February 2016 the 21st volume finally reached the stores, the new author was being kept in secrecy, Noboru Yamaguchi being credited as the sole writer as tribute. The new author was since been revealed as Yū Shimizu of ''LightNovel/BladedanceOfElementalers''.

* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' (Adams had been working on [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the movie]] for a long time, however since [[Literature/AndAnotherThing a sixth book]] was published eight years after his death, it counts).

* ''Literature/{{Narnia}}'' - no new books have been published since Creator/CSLewis died in 1963, but since then the series has been adapted several times over to [[Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia film]], TV and radio.
** The works of Creator/CSLewis in general: there have been Lewis books printed after his death, and some people have wondered whether he actually wrote all of those.

* Literature/TheBourneSeries has outlived Creator/RobertLudlum.

* For almost forty years after Creator/JRRTolkien's death, his son Christopher Tolkien was kept busy editing and putting out his posthumous works, with profuse annotations and tweaks.

* The ''Literature/AmberBrown'' books were released from 1994-2004 by Creator/PaulaDanziger. In 2012, the series was revived by Creator/BruceCoville and Elizabeth Levy, whom Danziber described as her two best friends, with permission from the family. Reviewers generally agreed that the quality was so good that readers would not know the new books were not written by Danziger if they didn't know she was dead and if not for Coville and Levy's names on the covers.

* The ''Literature/AmberBrown'' books were released from 1994-2004 by Paula Danziger. In 2012, the series was revived by Creator/BruceCoville and Elizabeth Levy, whom Danziber described as her two best friends, with permission from the family. Reviewers generally agreed that the quality was so good that readers would not know the new books were not written by Danziger if they didn't know she was dead and if not for Coville and Levy's names on the covers.

* Despite Don Freeman (author of ''Literature/{{Corduroy}}'') passing away in 1978 not long after the release of the sequel book ''A Pocket For Corduroy''. Beginning in the 1990s, newer book starring Corduroy were released under a different illustrator and a [[AlternateContinuity different universe]] (Corduroy lives in a world where toys are alive instead of a real world setting) with the notably absence of Lisa and other human characters. However, two official follows ups (''Corduroy Lost And Found'' and ''Corduroy Takes A Bow'') are a direct continuation of the original Freeman books.

* ''Literature/AmeliaBedelia'' still appears in new stories after Peggy Parish's death, courtesy of her nephew, Herman Parish.

* Despite Don Freeman (author of ''Literature/{{Corduroy}}'') passing away in 1978 not long after the release of the sequel book ''A Pocket For Corduroy''. Beginning in the 1990s, newer book starring Corduroy were released under a different illustrator and a [[AlternateContinuity different universe]] (Corduroy lives in a world where toys are alive instead of a real world setting) with the notably absence of Lisa and other humans characters. However, two official follows ups (''Corduroy Lost And Found'' and ''Corduroy Takes A Bow'') are a direct continuation of the original Freeman books.

* Creator/RobertBParker had several series in circulation (including Literature/{{Spenser}} and Literature/SunnyRandall) when he died at his desk in 2012. Some of those series are being continued, with a set author for each one (which would at least help keep the tone consistent).

* While [[WesternAnimation/LlamaLlama the Netflix series]] started production during Anna Dewdney's final stages of breast cancer. The ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' series currently lives on as an animated series on Netflix, merchandise, and occasional stage shows. Some of the original Llama Llama books that were unpublished ("Llama Llama Loves To Read" and "Llama Llama Easter Egg") managed to get released two years after her passing. Future Llama Llama books by Dewdney (such as "Llama Llama ABC") would also get released posthumously using Dewdney's manuscripts and illustrated by JT Morrow.

* Stan and Jan Berenstain, the original creators of the Literature/BerenstainBears series of books, have both passed away since the book series' creation, Stan in 2005 and Jan in 2012. They'd handed the series over to their son, Mike in 2002, and after his father's death, he'd written multiple books with his mother until her passing. Nowadays, Mike continues to write The Berenstain Bears, which has taken a major religious turn since he assumed full ownership in 2012.