Saturday, May 21, 2005
Encouraged
Thanks, C, for passing this on. (Um, pardon the mis-formatting; I'm lazy.)
> The age of 50 marks authors' peak> Fifty is the perfect age to write a novel, a study of the best-selling authors> of the past 50 years has shown.>> The average age of writers who topped the hardback fiction section of the New> York Times Bestseller List from 1955-2004 was 50.5 years.>> "We wanted to discover the optimum age to write a best-seller," said Bob Young> of Lulu, a website for writers and independent publishers.>> "Unlike scientists or musicians, say, writers tend to mature with age.">> Romantic novelist Judith Krantz and writer Joe Klein, who published political> comedy Primary Colors anonymously, are among the novelists who topped the> best-seller list in their 50th year.>> Of the 350 authors who saw their novels reach the number one spot over the> past 50 years, Francoise Sagan was the youngest with Bonjour Tristesse,> published at the age of 19 in 1955.>> By comparison, Agatha Christie was the oldest author to top the list, with her> novel Sleeping Murder, published shortly after her death at the age of 85.>> The authors who most frequently topped the list were horror writer Stephen> King who has topped the list 27 times, and Danielle Steel who has amassed 26> number ones.>> Nonetheless, authors like JK Rowling and Da Vinci Code writer Dan Brown, who> both achieved global fame in their thirties, appear to be bucking the trend. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4540705.stm
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