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I think the question is too simplistic or my interpretation of it is off.
I don't know if there is such a thing as a perfect author. I don't know that you need to love everything an author wrote to think they are a great author.
My favorite author is John Steinbeck. I haven't read everything he wrote, but I have read the majority of it. I haven't read a bad book by him, though not every book he wrote is The Grapes of Wrath.
It could be I'm just not very picky. I love Stephen King. Not everything he's written over the years has been my cuppa. But his overall average is so much higher than most contemporary authors in any genre.
Not sure if any of that is of any help to you.
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