@hoare_spitall@pocoforte@austern@bookstodon Iain Banks wrote mainstream fiction under his name without a middle initial. And he wrote science fiction under the name Iain M Banks (most famously his Culture series of novels)
He’s a rare author who had acclaim as both a genre and a mainstream fiction author while drawing a deliberate distinction between his books in each genre. (Unlike arguably sf/fantasy works sold not as genre works by so many acclaimed literary authors over the years)