370 Books in 20 months: South African author defends her use of AI

South African author Coral Hart has published over 370 books in 20 months using artificial intelligence, earning more than $1 million and defending her controversial approach despite receiving death threats and widespread criticism from the literary community. Hart uses multiple AI models strategically—each suited to different writing elements—combined with her own creative direction, developmental editing, and human proofreading to produce primarily romance novels tailored to specific market segments. She argues that AI technology is here to stay and that authors need to have open conversations about its role in publishing rather than resist its adoption.