▁Fa ulk ner , ▁T . ▁S . ▁Eli ot , ▁H omer , ▁Stephen ▁King , ▁Joy ce ▁Carol ▁O ates , ▁William ▁Shakespeare , ▁Ernest ▁Hem ing way , ▁Mary ▁Ren ault , ▁Anne ▁R ice , ▁and ▁Arthur ▁Con an ▁Do yle , ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁expressed ▁her ▁adm iration ▁for ▁works ▁by ▁additional ▁authors , ▁including ▁Isaac ▁As im ov , ▁William ▁Kot zw ink le , ▁Ellen ▁K ush ner , ▁C . ▁S . ▁Lewis , ▁T oni ▁Mor r ison , ▁Sh ir ley ▁Jackson , ▁E . ▁B . ▁White , ▁J . ▁M . ▁Bar rie , ▁and ▁Michael ▁Mo or cock . ▁ ▁Fle well ing ' s ▁work ▁has ▁frequently ▁promoted ▁L GB T ▁them es ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁topics ▁related ▁to ▁gender . ▁The ▁protagon ists ▁of ▁the ▁Night runner ▁books ▁are ▁both ▁bis ex ual , ▁and ▁Fle well ing ▁has ▁stated ▁their ▁creation ▁was ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁near - abs ence ▁of ▁L GB T ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁genre ▁and ▁marg inal ization ▁of ▁existing ▁ones . ▁The ▁Tam ir ▁Tri ad , ▁combining ▁elements ▁of ▁psych ological ▁drama ▁with ▁g host ▁story ▁horror , ▁features ▁a ▁protagon ist ▁who ▁transform s ▁from ▁one ▁sex ▁and ▁gender ▁to ▁the ▁other . ▁Fle well ing ' s ▁works ▁have ▁drawn ▁academic ▁attention ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁these ▁them es . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Nov els ▁ ▁The ▁Night runner ▁Series ▁ ▁Tam ír ▁Tri ad ▁ ▁Short s ▁▁