Would this put you off?

Sorry too slow

I'm reading a book because I enjoy the story. I'm not a friend of the author, so why would that bother me? If it's a great story or series of books, I'd read it. I never ever think of who wrote it, what they are like, what religion they are etc. None of my business.

pascal30

or Mahler

Do you mean Richard Wagner?

I was talking about something changing may mind... ie the Nazi ban made me appreciate him more when I watched Death in Venice

Authors and artists are complex individuals just like everybody else. I see no good reason to discard their books and art for other reasons. It was reported that Einstein beat his wife but we can't deny his scientific genius and the discoveries he made.

It rather depends. Books where someone has an opinion outside the books I find distasteful I might buy second hand and would likewise give away any of their books I owned to prevent another buying them. Books penned by a known offender, especially an offender against children, would go on the fire. Everything they ever wrote is corrupt.

Marmin

I read once that Enid Blyton played tennis naked. I did reread the Famous Five books despite this revelation.

Oh Marmin!! You reprobate you.🙃

Everything I have read about Enid Blyton, she was all told a very unpleasant person and happily wallked over and abandoned husband and children if it was to her advantage.

I would probably still read their books if they were a contemporary author, although it does depend on the genre.
I would certainly still read their books if they were from a different era, as Cariadagain said earlier, it's so difficult to make judgements about past values.
Enid Blyton would probably be just as unpleasant if she was contemporary though - but attitudes to women /men, race, hunting etc have changed so much I cannot blame past authors for not being as enlightened as we now think ourselves (the enlightenment probably still has a way to go yet).

It would depend what it was. Somethings are too bad. Even if I had enjoyed a novel my opinion would be altered if they had done anything like Jimmy Saville did or Rolf Harris it would be thrown.

I probably wouldn’t be so censorial, except in a very few cases .
I can think of worse people than Jeffrey Archer , whom someone suggests they would avoid , but not because of his morals or actions but because his books are absolute rubbish.

Well Dickens was no angel but that didn’t stop me reading his books and enjoying visiting his house in London.
Tolstoy, it would be seem, was not all that kind to his wife and yet I love his books.
Don’t know much about my modern favourites and don’t wish to enquire as. quite happy to focus on their work.
However, something really nasty like child pornography would leave me burning books.

Is this about David Walliums?

Caro41 I posted that I do not read Jeffrey Archer because of my negative feelings about him.
I am delighted to learn that I have not been missing out on great literature: thank you.🙂