If you think Stephenie Meyer was bad, consider that E. L. James became famous writing Twilight fanfiction: More specifically, a dreadful Twilight fanfic which not only repeats the same flaws of its predecessor (Unlikeable leads, lots of padding, a romance filled with lots of unfortunate implications, etc.) but somehow manages to be even worse than its source of inspiration.

Because the world needs crappy One Direction fanfics being turned into movies.

Some say the "Eragon" movie did not make justice the book in which it was inspired, but honestly, that book was bad to begin with.

I know it's a bit cliché to include her in this kind of lists, but has to be done. Anyway, the sparkling vampire saga isn't even entertaining to read in my opinion. Still a better writer than E.L. James, anyway.

A glorified self-help book author.