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Author Usurpation

A work so iconic, it defines the creator. And makes people forget that He Also Did (other works, which you wouldn't believe if you didn't know).

In most cases, authors that create a great work and several lesser-known works can still be associated with all of them. However, if the work is popular enough, it overshadows all other aspects of their career. In extreme cases, the work becomes synonymous with the author's name.

For the actor version, see I Am Not Spock.

Examples:

George Orwell and 1984. Despite being responsible for any number of other exceptional books, the word "Orwellian" forever refers to the totalitarian, oppressive/suppressive government present in 1984; evidence for it is right here on the site. It doesn't help that his second most famous book, Animal Farm concerns almost all of the same themes.
H. P. Lovecraft is another extreme example; Lovecraftian basically means Cosmic Horror Story and/or Eldritch Abomination.
To complete the trifecta, Niccolò Machiavelli's non-fiction essay The Prince has forever ensured that "Machiavellian" will always be a synonym for amoral behavior in the pursuit of absolute power, despite the fact that Machiavelli himself was staunchly pro-republican.
Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek.
George Lucas and Star Wars.
Alan Moore and Watchmen.
Orson Scott Card and Ender's Game. He also wrote a bunch of sequels and several other series.
C. S. Lewis and Narnia.
J. R. R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings.
Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear Solid, to his annoyance.
L. Frank Baum and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Sherlock Holmes stories, reportedly to the author's chagrin.
Bungie, despite making ground-breaking series such as Marathon and Myth, will forevermore be known as the studio that created the Halo series.
A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh.
Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.
J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan.