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Unless you've been living under a rock (and a very large rock at that), you would have seen the new cover by Penguin for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a young doll-like girl in full make-up.
In my opinion, Penguin has given a classic children's book a highly inappropriate and overly-sexualised cover.
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| One of the original book covers |
Now I ask you, is it just me or is this positively paedophilic?
I suspect Roald Dahl would turn in his grave....
Donna Hosie is a hybrid YA author and full time geek. Part Potterhead, Ringer, Whovian and Sherlockian with sprinkles of Whedonite on top. If it's fantastical, she's in. Originally from England, Donna currently resides in Australia with her husband, three children, and a crazy Golden Retriever named Harry (after a certain boy wizard, of course)!
THE CHILDREN OF CAMELOT series continues in QUEST OF THE ARTISAN.
SYNOPSIS
Six months ago, seventeen-year-old Rustin Hall thought he knew what he wanted. Then he travelled back in time with his best friend, Mila, to the world of Camelot, knights and magic, and everything changed.
Now Rustin is the artisan, and he knows his future because it's written in the past.
But Rustin's plan to build the first temple for the Gorian druids is cut down like the trees he talks to when the Round Table reveals the name of the newest knight of Camelot: a name that carves fear and unrest into the other knights. With Mila now in danger, Rustin, along with his friends, James and Jalaya, goes on a quest to find her before a new malevolent evil gets there first. A necromancer is building an army of the dead, and they are coming for Arthur's daughter.
Rustin will join forces with a young would-be knight called Galahad, as his quest takes him into the very heart of the Arthurian legends he grew up reading. A quest that could be the end of the artisan's life, not just in Logres, but for good.
Due for release 2015. Click here for Amazon
Also by Donna Hosie.
I have always proclaimed that I would not 'self-publish'. I appreciate that it has opened up a whole new world for many, but not for me. I will continue to bang on the doors of literary agents until my knuckles bleed ... Well, saying that, I have only banged on two doors thus far, and for my effort I have received two rejections, 'Badges of Determination' a bruised ego, and a broken nail.
So, if I have any aspirations of seeing my books in print, (you know, that paper stuff that books used to be printed on?) it is time to stop procrastinating, roll up my sleeves, show some backbone, buy a large carton of band-aids, and practice what I bloody well preach ...
After all, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
So, see you all in a few weeks. With any luck, not bleeding ... too much ...
Firstly, I'd like to thank all those who commented on my last post (it meant a lot) - especially Martha from Plowing Through Life, whose act of kindness took my breath away. Click to view the post Martha so kindly dedicated to me.
Secondly, this many sharks (below) are finned PER HOUR and left to die. Yes, per hour. And for what? A bowl of SOUP ...
Scroll down ... if you have the time.
(I apologise if the graphic does not fit in. But hey, I'm sure you get the gist).
In all the excitement of having rescued Muppet, I failed to mention (to those new to my blog) that we have in fact, two other dogs. And in any case, I wanted the posts to be about Muppet. Nothing more.
Yes, Muppet was fortunate enough to walk into a ready-made-family. Two adorable brothers of the same breed. Shih Tzu. But yesterday, one of them died. Our sweet little Barnie-Boy.
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In twenty-four hours, Barnie-Boy went from a happy, healthy, bouncy little boy to a vomiting wreck unable to catch his breath.
His death, so the vet suggested, was indicative of having been poisoned. Whether something had been thrown over the fence, or he ate something whilst at the beach - we do not know.
If you are not an animal lover, I don't suspect you will understand that we are heartbroken. The fact that he had fur as apposed to skin, matters not to us.
Last year, Barnie-Boy's big sister, Coco died. We would like to think that they have reunited in the Land where-the-living-is-not-allowed-to-tread, and that they are madly chasing butterflies amid a vast field of daisies.
Until we meet again. RIP xxxx
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It's been about 6 weeks since I (with the help of others) rescued Muppet from a puppy mill. He was a trembling little soul terrified of his own shadow ... Click to see my first post.
And now? I'm delighted to say that he is a boisterous little boy with a happy and playful nature. His love for me is immeasurable. Always at my side just like the shadow he was once so afraid of.
But of course, Muppet has a past that haunts him. And always will, I suspect. Someone, (definitely male) has hurt him ... badly. I know this because whenever he sees a man - especially an older man - he completely losses control. Along with his nerve and his bowels. It is a horrible sight to see something so precious, so small and so helpless, be so so aftraid. I cannot imagine the horrors this little boy has gone through.
Nevertheless, Muppet now has a 'Forever Home' with me. Each day whilst out on his walks, he gets a little more brave. Not much. But a little. Baby steps after all ...
Oh, and Muppet's got a girlfriend. Did I tell you? Typical man. Doesn't take them long ...
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| What a little cutie! |
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Paraprosdokians (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous.
1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list. 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. 10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put 'DOCTOR'. 11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald headand a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.13. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure...14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.15. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.16. You're never too old to learn something stupid.17. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one now! Look out for my Muppet update next week!
What a delightful sight!
Enjoy your week everybody :)
UK police have released a recording of a woman who called the cops to request help in a row over the number of sprinkles on an ice-cream.
The caller, who was not named (and for good reason I suspect) by the West Midlands Police, contacted emergency operators on Monday while arguing with the owner of an ice-cream van.
During a minute-long call, the indignant woman told the operator: "It doesn't seem like much of an emergency, but it is a little bit because I've ordered an ice-cream and he's put bits on one side and none on the other.
"He's refusing to give me my money back and saying that I've got to take it like that."
Urging the public not to misuse the emergency system, Chief Superintendent Jim Andronov said: "If someone is trying to get through to report a genuine life or death emergency, then a minute is a very long time to wait.
"I cannot stress enough that the 999 number is for emergencies only."
Dear god. My only hope is that this woman never breeds...
In no particular order ... and for all very different reasons as you shall gather, I recommend you click on the links.
Firstly, I found this blog post by Gary at Klahanie rather amusing. Take a look. BlogAir: The Mystery Flight.
A heart-rendering post by Dezzy at HOLLYWOOD SPY about the horrendous flooding in Serbia. Please give a little if you can.
A 'gorgeous' poem by Musings of an Unapologetic Dreamer: With the Entirety of Me...
A gorgeous pic of The Happy Whisk's dog who I suspect was caught in the act of doing something rather naughty! Lady Bug Ga Ga
If you aren't following these good people (above) I suggest you rectify the situation :)
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Flight of the Conchords is a popular musical sit-com on HBO about two kiwi musicians trying to make it big in New York, albeit with little success.
Bret and Jemaine are quite self-deprecating as they deadpan their way through zany situations, mixing in the odd (and I do mean odd) musical segment. It's funny.
Below you'll find the canonical example of their humor, er...humour.
Why it matters? All kiwis want to think they're this funny. Humour them ...
Much of the hit movie trilogy, Lord of the Rings (LOTR), was filmed in New Zealand. This was partly due to NZ's stunning natural splendor and partly because the director, Peter Jackson, is from Wellington.
Several years on you can still take tours of many of the sites used in the movie.
Why it matters?
Kiwis seem to have mixed reactions when you bring up LOTR. They are either extremely proud or mildly defensive depending on whether they think you're taking the piss (see Slang).
Kiwi males are unanimous, though, in their judgement that Jackson's best work was in fact not Lord of the Rings, but rather that pièce de résistance of the "splatstick" genre, Bad Taste. I disagree.
Traditional bungy jumping isn't the only way to physically endanger your life on a visit to New Zealand. Those ingenious kiwis have come up with dozens of ways to increase your odds of visiting hospital while on holiday. (And no, kiwis don't say "the hospital" ... just "hospital".)
Why it matters?
Kiwis are quick to note that bungy jumping was invented in New Zealand. The funny thing is, you rarely see a kiwi doing extreme sports. They're usually safely off to the side strapping a harness on some bewildered tourist. True.
New Zealand has a lot of sheep. You may have heard that there are more sheep than people in New Zealand. In fact, there are 10 times as many sheep as people in New Zealand.
Why it matters? It doesn't. It's just funny.
The only zebras in New Zealand are in zoos. That doesn't stop kiwis from calling sections of road with big white stripes painted on them "zebra crossings" (that's pronounced "zehbra," not "zeebra," by the way).
Why it matters?
I'm not sure, but I think kiwis consider it sporting good fun to floor it whenever a pedestrian dares attempt to cross a street anywhere except at a zebra crossing.
Even where it's required by law, kiwi drivers stop, but only grudgingly. Notice, in the photo above, how these experienced pedestrians keep a watchful eye on the stopped motorist, alert to any sign of an emotional snap that might send him lurching forward.
No, this isn't some kind of pre-civil-rights era "separate but equal" restaurant. It's the national obsession religion rugby team.
Traditionally, New Zealand has had the best rugby team in the world (though that reputation has taken a bit of a hit with a few ugly losses and closer-than-they-should-have-been wins.) This is a no mean feat considering the country's population is less than the state of Kentucky. Speaking of mean, take a look at that dude to the right. He'd just as soon eat opposing players for breakfast.
One particularly intense source of kiwi pride is the haka, a traditional Māori warrior challenge the All Blacks before every match. It's a controversial spectacle that is unique in all of sport. (And, no, kiwis don't say "sports" ... they say "sport".)
Why it matters? Um...duh.
About 1000 years before Europeans colonized New Zealand, Polynesians known as Māori had settled most of the North and South Islands. Māori culture is a major presence in New Zealand, so it's good to know a few of the more common words and phrases.
The pronunciation of the language is similar to Hawaiian in that words are usually pronounced as pairs of letters. It's important to note that "wh" is pronounced like "f" and that "ng" is pronounced like the letter "n".
- Aotearoa
- the Māori word for New Zealand, meaning "Land of the long white cloud"
- Aroha
- love/unconditional respect
- Haere mai
- welcome
Haka- challenge dance, performed by men (and All Blacks) before going into battle
- Hangi
- a traditional feast where the food is cooked in an earth oven
- Hongi
- traditional Māori greeting featuring the pressing together of noses
- Iwi
- tribe
- Kai te pai
- Sweet as! (See Slang)
- Kawa
- local protocols/customs
- Kia ora
- hello/good afternoon (informal, literally "be healthy")
- Kī tōnu taku waka topkaki i te tuna
- My hovercraft is full of eels
- Koha
- gift/donation (you might see this at the entrance to a museum, for example)
- Marae
- sacred meeting place, situated within a village, you have to be invited inside.
- Pa
- fortification.
- Pakeha
- foreigner, person of European descent, some might say it's akin to "howlie" or even "honky", though it's used pretty widely by both whites and Māori.
- Tane/Wahine
- man/woman (you sometimes see this on restroom doors).
- Tapu
- sacred, restricted.
- Te Papa
- literally "our place", also the name of the national museum in Wellington.
- Waka
- canoe (like the ones used by the Māori to get to Aotearoa in the first place).
- Whānau
- a family or extended family.
- Whare
- house.
- Wharepaku
- toilet (literally "house of poos and wees").
The following are some words and phrases you may hear during your visit:
Gidday (hello)
Crikey (an expression of surprise: 'Crikey! I never thought I'd see you again')
- Sweet as ("Sweet as, bru.")
- cool, great
- Choice ("Choice, aye, bru?")
- cool, great
- Stink ("Aww, stink, aye, bru?")
- not cool, not great
- Heaps ("I'm heaps beached, bru.")
- much, lots, tons
- Chips ("It's cheap as chips, bru.")
- no, not potato chips, but french fries (also called "chups"), though sometimes even kiwis get confused on this point, again, see the video to the right
- Take the piss ("Are you taking the piss, bru?")
- to mock, ridicule or tease
- Bach
- pronounced like "batch" not like "Johann Sebastian," a bach is a holiday home, usually near a beach (kiwis also use the word "crib" for the same kind of dwelling … with a straight face) (in the photo above, note the tractor where one might expect to see a car; this is a sure sign of an authentic kiwi bach).
- The mainland
- what South Islanders call the South Island, I guess because it's slightly bigger than the North Island (clever South Islanders).
- Root
- to have sex (to put it politely) … for example, you probably don't want to say you're "rooting for the All Blacks" unless you're involved in some kind of kinky fundraiser
- Bob's your uncle (said primarily by old people).
- and that's all there is to it...
Bob's your uncle!
Well, apart from a healthy wedge of ripe blue cheese that is. Just saying ..
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This little man had a very sad start to life ... and he is only 9 months old. He was taken from his mother when he was weaned to 'supposedly' go to a good and loving home. Things, however, did not go as assumed ...
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The individuals who professed to want Muppet purely to be part of their growing family, had other ideas. They wanted to breed from him. Nothing more. He was kept in a small cage in disgusting conditions, unloved, undernourished, unwashed and un-groomed. In fact the word 'un-groomed' was an understatement. CindyLu's Muse did a post about the horrors of Puppy Mills. Click to view.
Unlike a lot of dogs, Shih Tzu's (if you didn't know already) have coats that continue to grow steadily throughout their lives. Hence, if they are 'not' groomed regularly, their hair will become so matted that they are unable to walk freely. Tragically, as was in Muppet's case ...
The day I brought Muppet home he was so terrified of human contact (and of his own shadow) that he would find the nearest corner, or furniture he could crawl under, cower, tremble, and wet himself. But one of the saddest respects of his prior treatment, is that when he catches sight of one of my best friends, (a delightful old gentleman of 85 years old) things start to get really bad (as if they weren't bad enough) ... Muppet then proceeds to lose his bowels completely. Consequently, I'm taking it that the 'monster' (and that's an insult to 'monsters') responsible for Muppet's appalling condition was a man of that ilk. Unlike my dear friend, he was a coward and a thug ... the worse type of human beings are those that hurt defenseless animals. A complete and utter bastard to be precise. And I make no apology for the language ...
I have had Muppet for approx one month now. And in that time he has slowly come out of his shell. He is also learning how to play and how to trust .... but most importantly, he is learning how to love ... and how to be loved. He is still afraid of people and loud noises (to name but a few) but I'm hoping in the not too distant future that will change. I shall keep you posted.
Remember, animals are voiceless without us. Rescue a dog/cat/rat/horse (whatever happens to be your fancy) rather than go to a breeder. There is an animal out there waiting for you ... wanting ... desperately to be loved ... much like us.
PS. I apologise if I haven't visited your blog recently .... but I've been busy mopping the floor and picking up poop! Ah, but it's all worth it :)
A rare postcard menu from a second class restaurant on the Titanic is expected to fetch a staggering $135,000 at auction.
The carte details the breakfast on offer on Thurs. Apr. 11, 1912 - just three days before the ill-fated liner struck an iceberg and sank.
On the flip-side, saloon steward Jacob Gibbon had written "Good voyage up to now" to his girlfriend - Miss L Payne - who was living in Studland Bay, Dorset, England.
He posted the card after the ship stopped at Queenstown, Cork, Ireland, which has since been renamed Cobh
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| A second class breakfast menu from the Titanic that also doubled as a postcard. Most of the male second class passengers died in the tragedy and there are only two second class menus left in existence. |
While there are believed to be 20 menus from the ill-fated liner still in existence, most are from the first class eatery for Apr. 14. This is because, with a higher percentage of first class passengers surviving the sinking, more menus were retained in their pockets as they scrambled for lifeboats. With 93 per cent of second class male passengers perishing, however, mementos from those decks were largely lost. |
| On the reverse of the menu card, there is a standard postcard layout. Second class saloon steward Jacob Gibbons sent a brief note to his girlfriend and posted it after the ship made its final stop in Ireland on April 11, 1912. |
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Gibbon was, miraculously, among those who survived.Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/menu-titanic-class-restaurant-auctioned-135g-article-1.1764569#ixzz2zenTlYMN
Because these people never did ...
The report of Fred Astaire's first screen test read: "Can't act! Slightly bald! Can dance a little!" Astaire kept that memo framed over his fireplace in his Beverly Hills mansion.
Albert Einsten's teacher's report read: "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift for ever in his dreams." He was expelled. He was refused entrance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. And the University of Bern said after they turned down his PhD dissertion: 'Albert Einstein was irrelevant and fanciful.'
The manager of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, fired Elvis Presley after just one performance. "You ain't goin' nowhere," he said. "You ought to go back to driving a truck."
JK Rowling - Rejected by dozens, including HarperCollins, when a small publisher in London took a chance on Harry Potter.
Oprah Winfrey got fired as an evening news reporter of Baltimore's WJZ-TV because she couldn't separate her emotions from her stories.
George Orwell - A publisher turned down his legendary novel, Animal Farm, with the words "It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA".
Jerry Seinfeld - Didn't find out he was cut from a minor role on a sitcom until he read the script and discovered his part missing.
Elvis Presley - After a performance in Nashville early in his career, he was told by a manager that he was better off driving trucks in Memphis (his previous job).
Steve Jobs - Fired from the company he started, Apple, but was desperately brought back in 1997 to save it. Apple is now the most valuable company in the world.
Stephen King - His first book, Carrie, was rejected thirty times. He nearly threw the book out when his wife saved it from the trash and encouraged him to keep trying.
Marilyn Monroe - At the start of her storied modeling and acting career, she was told she should consider becoming a secretary.
Abraham Lincoln - Demoted from Captain to Private during war, failed as a businessman, and lost several times as a political candidate before becoming President.
Yep, definitely don't give up. Ever!
Courtesy of Dr. Heckle
Brilliant. Bloody brilliant!
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Yep, that figures. Honestly!
If this is in fact true, RIP to everybody on board. My heart breaks for the families.
No words required for this post!
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Like I said, men are rarely depressed because ...
Their last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt when you swim in the sea. You can wear NO shirt to swim in the sea. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress £3000. Morning suit rental £100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day holiday requires only one small suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, He or She can still be your friend. Your underwear is £5.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original colour. The same hairstyle lasts for years, even decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one colour for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives On December 24 in 25 minutes.
Men Are Just Happier People
NICKNAMES - If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Crazy and Wildman.
EATING OUT - When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in £20, even though it's only for £32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators. A man will pay £2 for a £1 item he needs. A woman will pay £1 for a £2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.
BATHROOMS - A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel. The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS - A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE - A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
MARRIAGE - A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.
DRESSING UP - A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
NATURAL Men - wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
OFFSPRING - Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favourite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing forever!
After all, what do you expect from such simple creatures? :)
No words required :)
James Patterson, JK Rowling, Nora Roberts,Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss, John Grisham; bottom: Stephenie Meyer, Dan Brown, Nicholas Sparks, Janet Evanovich and Jeff Kinney. The best-selling authors since 2001
The Telegraph - 20 Mar 2014
James Patterson is the world's top-selling author since January 2001 (with his biggest-selling title being 1st to Die), it was revealed in new lists based on print volume sales issued by publishing data experts Nielsen.
Patterson, who will be 67 on March 22, is the author of the Alex Cross detective books and has sold more than 300 million copies since his debut, The Thomas Berryman Number, was published in 1976, the first of 130 novels. His books account for one out of every 17 hardcover novels purchased in the United States.
Patterson, who last month said he was giving away nearly £1million of his personal fortune to support local bookshops in America, also writes young adult fiction and recently wrote a special short story set in London to encourage children to read as part of World Book Day. Patterson's Middle School: How I Got Lost in London tells the story of Rafe Khatchadorian and a school trip to London, and includes mentions of Tate Modern, HMS Belfast and the National Theatre.
Patterson does well in the UK as well (in sixth place). In the figures for UK volume and earnings sales, however, JK Rowling (who takes second spot in the US list) is top, her books having earned £209,722,338 in the UK since 2001. Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Roger Hargreaves, EL James and Jamie Oliver are also in the UK top 10. Children's authors are successful in America, too, with Dr Seuss (the late Ted Geisel), Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney and Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer all in the US top 10. The best-selling book of Dr Seuss is Oh, the Places You'll Go! which includes the lines:
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 per cent guaranteed.)
For Patterson, who already has nine books scheduled for publication in 2014, it seems success is 100 per cent guaranteed.
WORLD'S 10 BEST-SELLING AUTHORS (WITH BIGGEST-SELLING BOOK) SINCE 2001
• 1: James Patterson (1st to Die)
• 2: JK Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
• 3: Nora Roberts (Red Lily)
• 4: Dr Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)
• 5 John Grisham (A Painted House)
• 6: Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)
• 7: Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code)
• 8: Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)
• 9: Janet Evanovich (One for the Money)
• 10: Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
List compiled by Nielsen (US) Book Data
UK'S 20 BEST-SELLING AUTHORS BY VOLUME (WITH VALUE LISTED) 2001-MARCH 20, 2014
• 1 JK Rowling – £209,722,338
• 2 Julia Donaldson – £84,236,523
• 3 Dan Brown – £89,430,433
• 4 Jacqueline Wilson – £81,944,149
• 5 Roger Hargreaves – £30,746,661
• 6 James Patterson £86,534,077
• 7 EL James – £48,787,532
• 8 Jamie Oliver – £131,031,085
• 9 John Grisham – £71,111,424
• 10 Terry Pratchett – £79,091,038
• 11 Stephenie Meyer – £57,488,542
• 12 Daisy Meadows – £33,333,081
• 13 Enid Blyton – £38,525,177
• 14 Francesca Simon – £42,459,107
• 15 Danielle Steel – £50,268,720
• 16 Martina Cole – £54,414,431
• 17 Roald Dahl – £42,987,766
• 18 Alexander McCall Smith – £48,535,939
• 19 Lee Child – £44,312,245
• 20 Ian Rankin – £48,171,091
UK figures courtesy of www.nielsenbook.co.uk
And separate story - James Patterson is the world's bestselling author since 2001. But how is he releasing 15 novels this year alone?
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