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Sidney Sheldon
American writer (1917-2007) · United States · Writers · Died at 89
Sidney Sheldon is read about 840 times a day, in 61 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 16 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 361 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He sold 300 million books in 51 languages and ranks among the top ten fiction writers by volume ever - but he didn't publish his first novel until after turning 50, when most careers wind down.
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About this person
Sidney Sheldon started on Broadway in the 1940s, moved into motion pictures, and won an Oscar in 1948 for writing The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. He spent the next two decades in television, creating The Patty Duke Show, I Dream of Jeannie, and Hart to Hart. Then, past 50, he pivoted to romantic suspense novels. The Other Side of Midnight arrived in 1973, followed by Rage of Angels in 1980 and Master of the Game in 1982. That late-career swerve made him one of the best-selling fiction writers of all time.
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