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Originally Posted by Ravensknight
No, it is not worth something extra. The background of the author, when it has NOTHING to do with the story, adds/detracts not at all from the value of the story.
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I can go as far as acknowledging that the author's background can make me interested in a story, and give it context. I'm more interested in reading a story about the horrors of the Vietnam war from a veteran than a civilian, even if both stories are fiction; the veteran's fiction is based on real experiences, and that's likely to add realism to the story.
And I don't care to read "How To Make Your Relationship Work" books by authors who've been divorced three times.
So an epic trilogy written by a man in prison might be of more interest, depending on the topic of the novels. Does it involve slavery? Imprisonment? Punishment? Crime deterrents? Mind control/brainwashing? Legal maneuvering? A prisoner's perspective on any of those might be worth reading, even through the additional filter of characters & a fictional setting. However, an epic fantasy trilogy about saving the world with the use of a Magical McGuffin... meh. Have read plenty of those. Can't see how a random guy in prison is going to write one better than what I've already read, by virtue of his isolation.