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(My question) What living writer has sold more books than anyone else? (answered)
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red dog 1
Aug 2024
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JoseBalow
(5,918 posts)1. Stephen King?
Or maybe JK Rowling for her Harry Potter books?
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)8. No, good guesses though
dem4decades
(12,067 posts)2. I was going to ssy Patterson, for longevity. Or King James as a joke.
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)9. Nope
LoisB
(9,060 posts)3. Danielle Steele?
Her books have sold over 1 billion copies/
LoisB
(9,060 posts)4. What professional player went from a career in football to a career in tennis?
Tribetime
(6,418 posts)17. Nastasi....its like 40 yrs ago not sure on spelling
LoisB
(9,060 posts)18. The player I'm referring to is Johnny Sample (American football). I am fairly certain Ilie Nastase's professional
career was only in tennis.
applegrove
(123,885 posts)5. John Grisham?
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)11. Nope, very good guess, though
Danielle Steel is the answer
applegrove
(123,885 posts)14. Never read her stuff.
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)15. Me either.
Upthevibe
(9,329 posts)6. red dog 1
Stephanie Meyer? The lady that wrote the Twilight books?
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)12. No, it's Danielle Steel
malthaussen
(17,813 posts)7. I dunno, is Barbara Cartland still alive?
Has to be some writer of romance novels.
Although now that I think of it, Agatha Christie was pretty high on one list I saw a while ago. But she's definitely dead.
-- Mal
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)13. No, she died in 2000
She was 98.
red dog 1
(29,647 posts)16. what well-known American writer had a huge goiter on his neck?
Angleae
(4,671 posts)19. Why does the US Navy own a forest in Indiana?