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Some writers have had prolific careers with hundreds of their works being published. While some best-selling authors have written a small number of books that have sold millions of copies, others have had lengthy careers and maintained a high level of output year after year. Dame Agatha Christie, the most published novelist in history, is estimated to have sold 4 billion books, having written 69 novels and 19 plays.〔Fleming, Michael. (Agatha Christie gets a clue for filmmakers ). ''Variety''. 14 February 2000. Accessed 23 September 2011.〕 Her works were published between 1920 and 1976, equating to around three publications every two years. Dame Barbara Cartland has also sold millions of copies of her books but wrote many more than Christie. She spent 80 years as a novelist with 722 books published, averaging one book released every 40 days of her career.〔Womack, Philip. (Being a prolific author isn't a bad thing ). ''The Telegraph''. 25 October 2010. Accessed 22 September 2010.〕 While Cartland wrote a significant number of full-length novels, other authors have been published many more times but have specialised in short stories. Spanish author Corín Tellado wrote over 4,000 novellas, selling 400 million copies of her books.〔(Corín Tellado: Spanish romantic writer ). ''The Sunday Times''. 18 April 2009. Accessed 22 September 2011.〕 Not all authors work alone. Groups of writers, sometimes led by one central figure, have published under shared pseudonyms. The Stratemeyer Syndicate, started by Edward Stratemeyer in 1905, created numerous book series including 190 volumes of ''The Hardy Boys'' and 175 volumes of ''Nancy Drew''. More than 1,300 books were published by the group, and although Edward L. Stratemeyer wrote several hundred, he also employed ghostwriters to keep up with the demand. These writers were given storylines and strict guidelines to follow to ensure a level of consistency within each series. Amongst the writing team was Howard R. Garis, who contributed several hundred books to the collection, one of the most active authors. Sales were estimated at over two hundred million copies before the syndicate was sold to Simon & Schuster in 1984.〔Woodmansee, Martha. Osteen, Mark. ''The new economic criticism: studies at the intersection of literature and economics''. Routledge. 1999. p. 11.〕 Authors carefully craft their work, writing and rewriting several times before publication. Some authors simply use pen and paper, while others such as Isaac Asimov spent hours working at a typewriter.〔Nichols, Lewis. (Isaac Asimov: Man of 7,560,000 Words ). ''The New York Times''. 3 August 1969. Accessed 22 September 2011.〕 Philip M. Parker, by one measure the world's most prolific author, has an entirely different approach. Parker has over 200,000 titles listed on Amazon.com, having developed an algorithm to gather publicly available data and compile it into book form.〔Cohen, Noam. (He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) ). ''The New York Times''. 14 April 2008. Accessed 22 September 2011.〕〔Rosen, Judith. (David Slavitt Joins the 100 Club at 76 ). 29 August 2011. Accessed 23 September 2011.〕 The computer-generated nature of the books is not detailed on the sales page and the books are printed only when ordered.〔 ==Prolific writers== ;Notes: :Authors with more than 100 books are considered for inclusion. : Asimov celebrated his birthday on 2 January but his true date of birth is unclear 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of prolific writers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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