Does anyone think that Laurell K Hamilton and Jim Butcher are the same person?

Question

Ive read all the Anita Blake books and all the Merry Gentry series too. So I know her style pretty well. So then my husband asks me what Im reading and I tell him and he says "You might like Harry Dresden then" and he introduces me to the Harry Dresden series, which are great

Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden is similar to the Anita Blake books. It's almost like I cant put my finger on it how they are similar. Sort of a similar style of dialog. I find they often use the same exclamations and phrases. For example, when in big trouble both Anita and Harry use the phrase "*** deep in alligators" they both describe and think of guns as 'toys' and there are often guns given as gifts.

I read up on it and I guess LKH gave JB a hand up when he was a struggling writer, after they met at a fan fest. But how many other writers must she have met? Probably lots.. does this seem likely?

Could they be the same person? Thoughts?

Answer 1

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