<P> 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 . </P> <P> Most 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 at a stretch working at a typewriter . 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 . The computer - generated nature of the books is not detailed on the sales page and the books are printed only when ordered . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Death </Th> <Th> First publication </Th> <Th> Last publication </Th> <Th> Published works </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tellado, Corín Corín Tellado </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> 000000001927 - 04 - 25 - 0000 25 April 1927 </Td> <Td> 000000002009 - 04 - 11 - 0000 11 April 2009 </Td> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> 7003400000000000000 ♠ 4000 + </Td> <Td> She wrote over 5000 novellas and magazine's short stories . She was listed in the 1994 Guinness World Records as having sold the most books written in Spanish, and earlier in 1962 UNESCO declared her the most read Spanish writer after Miguel de Cervantes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kalmuczak, Rolf Rolf Kalmuczak </Td> <Td> German </Td> <Td> 000000001938 - 04 - 17 - 0000 17 April 1938 </Td> <Td> 000000002007 - 03 - 10 - 0000 10 March 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7003290000000000000 ♠ 2900 + </Td> <Td> More than 100 pseudonyms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vega, Lope de Lope de Vega </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> 000000001562 - 11 - 25 - 0000 25 November 1562 </Td> <Td> 000000001635 - 08 - 27 - 0000 27 August 1635 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7003220000000000000 ♠ 2200 ~ </Td> <Td> Playwright </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hubbard, L. Ron L. Ron Hubbard </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001911 - 03 - 13 - 0000 13 March 1911 </Td> <Td> 000000001986 - 01 - 24 - 0000 24 January 1986 </Td> <Td> 1934 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7003108400000000000 ♠ 1,084 </Td> <Td> Science fiction, adventure, westerns, mystery, religion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ahmed, Ishtiaq Ishtiaq Ahmed </Td> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> 000000001944 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1944 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 11 - 17 - 0000 17 November 2015 </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Continuous </Td> <Td> 7002800000000000000 ♠ 800 + </Td> <Td> Spy Thriller Crime Series </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brooks, Edwy S. Edwy S. Brooks </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001889 - 11 - 11 - 0000 11 November 1889 </Td> <Td> 000000001965 - 12 - 02 - 0000 2 December 1965 </Td> <Td> 1907 </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> 7002800000000000000 ♠ 800 + </Td> <Td> Brooks published his first short story, in July 1907, when he was seventeen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blyton, Enid Enid Blyton </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001897 - 08 - 11 - 0000 11 August 1897 </Td> <Td> 000000001968 - 11 - 28 - 0000 28 November 1968 </Td> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> 7002762000000000000 ♠ 762 </Td> <Td> Children's literature, adventure, mystery, fantasy . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cartland, Barbara Barbara Cartland </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001901 - 07 - 09 - 0000 9 July 1901 </Td> <Td> 000000002000 - 05 - 21 - 0000 21 May 2000 </Td> <Td> 1923 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002722000000000000 ♠ 722 </Td> <Td> Holds the Guinness World Record for the most novels (23) written in a single year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nemere, István István Nemere </Td> <Td> Hungarian </Td> <Td> 000000001944 - 11 - 08 - 0000 8 November 1944 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002701000000000000 ♠ 701 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Suyuti, Jallaludin Jallaludin Suyuti </Td> <Td> Arabic </Td> <Td> 000000001445 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1445 </Td> <Td> 000000001505 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1505 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002700000000000000 ♠ 700 </Td> <Td> Islamic Ideological Books, Fiqh, Sufism and Tafseer Works including a six volume Tafseer and a three volume tafseer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rob, SS Rob </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001975 - 02 - 22 - 0000 22 February 1975 </Td> <Td> 999999999999 - 99 - 99 - 0000 </Td> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 350 + </Td> <Td> He has written over 350 books almost all on the occult . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Murray, Andrew Andrew Murray </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001828 - 05 - 09 - 0000 9 May 1828 </Td> <Td> 000000001917 - 01 - 18 - 0000 18 January 1917 </Td> <Td> 1907 </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> 7002240000000000000 ♠ 240 </Td> <Td> Mostly Christian devotional books . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ibn ul Arabi, Muhammad Muhiyyudin Muhammad Muhiyyudin Ibn ul Arabi </Td> <Td> Arabic </Td> <Td> 000000001165 - 07 - 26 - 0000 26 July 1165 </Td> <Td> 000000001240 - 11 - 08 - 0000 8 November 1240 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002240000000000000 ♠ 240 </Td> <Td> Mystical Islamic Books e.g. A 7 volume Futuhat e Makkiya </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hamid Al Ghazali, Abu Abu Hamid Al Ghazali </Td> <Td> Arabic </Td> <Td> 000000001058 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1058 </Td> <Td> 000000001111 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1111 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 </Td> <Td> Fiqh, Sufism and Tafseer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asimov, Isaac Isaac Asimov </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001920 - 01 - 02 - 0000 2 January 1920 </Td> <Td> 000000001992 - 04 - 06 - 0000 6 April 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002506000000000000 ♠ 506 </Td> <Td> Published in 9 of the 10 Dewey Decimal System categories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Appel, Jacob M. Jacob M. Appel </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001973 - 02 - 21 - 0000 21 February 1973 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 + </Td> <Td> Has also received 21,000 rejection letters . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Goldish, Meish Meish Goldish </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 1989? </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002300000000000000 ♠ 300 + </Td> <Td> Mostly books for schoolchildren </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bakin, Kyokutei Kyokutei Bakin </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> 000000001767 - 07 - 04 - 0000 4 July 1767 </Td> <Td> 000000001848 - 12 - 01 - 0000 1 December 1848 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002470000000000000 ♠ 470 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bloom, Ursula Ursula Bloom </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001892 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1892 </Td> <Td> 000000001984 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1984 </Td> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002500000000000000 ♠ 500 + </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Creasey, John John Creasey </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001908 - 09 - 17 - 0000 17 September 1908 </Td> <Td> 000000001973 - 06 - 09 - 0000 9 June 1973 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002600000000000000 ♠ 600 + </Td> <Td> More than 10 pseudonyms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dicks, Terrance Terrance Dicks </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001935 - 05 - 10 - 0000 10 May 1935 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002223000000000000 ♠ 223 </Td> <Td> Mainly children's books . Includes 75 + based on the television series Doctor Who, for which he was a former script editor . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dontsova, Darya Darya Dontsova </Td> <Td> Russian </Td> <Td> 000000001952 - 06 - 07 - 0000 7 June 1952 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002140000000000000 ♠ 140 + </Td> <Td> A bestselling Russian author of detective novels and kitchen books . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dumas, Alexandre Alexandre Dumas </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> 000000001802 - 07 - 24 - 0000 24 July 1802 </Td> <Td> 000000001870 - 12 - 05 - 0000 5 December 1870 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002277000000000000 ♠ 277 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garis, Howard R. Howard R. Garis </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001873 - 04 - 25 - 0000 25 April 1873 </Td> <Td> 000000001962 - 11 - 06 - 0000 6 November 1962 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002500000000000000 ♠ 500 + </Td> <Td> Member of the Stratemeyer Syndicate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garvice, Charles Charles Garvice </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001850 - 08 - 24 - 0000 24 August 1850 </Td> <Td> 000000001920 - 03 - 01 - 0000 1 March 1920 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002150000000000000 ♠ 150 + </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hamilton, Charles Charles Hamilton </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001876 - 08 - 08 - 0000 8 August 1876 </Td> <Td> 000000001961 - 12 - 24 - 0000 24 December 1961 </Td> <Td> 1894 </Td> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> 7003120000000000000 ♠ 1,200 </Td> <Td> Estimated to have written 100,000,000 words using around 20 pseudonyms, primarily for boys' weekly magazines, including public - school stories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ingraham, Prentiss Prentiss Ingraham </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001843 - 12 - 28 - 0000 28 December 1843 </Td> <Td> 000000001904 - 08 - 16 - 0000 16 August 1904 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7003100000000000000 ♠ 1,000 </Td> <Td> Wrote around 600 novels and 400 novelettes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iorga, Nicolae Nicolae Iorga </Td> <Td> Romanian etc . </Td> <Td> 000000001871 - 01 - 17 - 0000 17 January 1871 </Td> <Td> 000000001940 - 11 - 27 - 0000 27 November 1940 </Td> <Td> 1886 ~ </Td> <Td> 1940 </Td> <Td> 7003135900000000000 ♠ 1,359 </Td> <Td> Another count has "1300 volumes and 25000 articles" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy Józef Ignacy Kraszewski </Td> <Td> Polish </Td> <Td> 000000001812 - 02 - 28 - 0000 28 February 1812 </Td> <Td> 1887 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002350000000000000 ♠ 350 + </Td> <Td> 200 + novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lindsay, Kathleen Kathleen Lindsay </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001903 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1903 </Td> <Td> 000000001973 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1973 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002900000000000000 ♠ 900 + </Td> <Td> 11 pseudonyms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Little, Paul Paul Little </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001915 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1915 </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002700000000000000 ♠ 700 + </Td> <Td> Many pseudonyms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Meade, L.T. L.T. Meade </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001854 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1854 </Td> <Td> 000000001914 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1914 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002300000000000000 ♠ 300 + </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Neusner, Jacob Jacob Neusner </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001932 - 07 - 28 - 0000 28 July 1932 </Td> <Td> 8 October 2016 </Td> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002950000000000000 ♠ 950 + </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paine, Lauran Lauran Paine </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001916 - 02 - 25 - 0000 25 February 1916 </Td> <Td> 1 December 2001 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002900000000000000 ♠ 900 + </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roberts, Nora Nora Roberts </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001950 - 10 - 10 - 0000 10 October 1950 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> (Active) </Td> <Td> 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 + </Td> <Td> Romance novels, published under at least four different names </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sadoveanu, Mihail Mihail Sadoveanu </Td> <Td> Romanian </Td> <Td> 000000001880 - 11 - 05 - 0000 5 November 1880 </Td> <Td> 000000001961 - 10 - 19 - 0000 19 October 1961 </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> 7002120000000000000 ♠ 120 </Td> <Td> The count covers novels and short story collections </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shirazi, Mohammad Mohammad Shirazi </Td> <Td> Arabic and Persian </Td> <Td> 000000001928 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1928 </Td> <Td> 000000002001 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2001 </Td> <Td> 1953 ~ </Td> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> 7003106100000000000 ♠ 1,061 </Td> <Td> He made contributions in various fields ranging from jurisprudence and theology to politics, economics, law, sociology and human rights . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Simenon, Georges Georges Simenon </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> 000000001903 - 02 - 13 - 0000 13 February 1903 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 09 - 04 - 0000 4 September 1989 </Td> <Td> 1921 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002500000000000000 ♠ 500 + </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stine, R.L. R.L. Stine </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 10 - 08 - 0000 8 October 1943 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002500000000000000 ♠ Hundreds </Td> <Td> The best - selling children's author of all time as of 2004, Stine has written hundreds of children's books, including the Goosebumps and Fear Street series . At one time he produced one book a month for each of those series . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swan, Annie Shepherd Annie Shepherd Swan </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 000000001859 - 07 - 08 - 0000 8 July 1859 </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 06 - 17 - 0000 17 June 1943 </Td> <Td> 1878 </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 + </Td> <Td> Wrote novels, serials, short stories and other works of fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pathak, Surender Mohan Surender Mohan Pathak </Td> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> 000000001940 - 02 - 19 - 0000 19 February 1940 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002250000000000000 ♠ 250 + </Td> <Td> Wrote over 250 novellas in crime fiction in India . He is known as a Grand Master of Hindi crime fiction . He has been writing for almost 50 years; his first short story was published in 1959 at the age of 19 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inoue, Ryoki Ryoki Inoue </Td> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> 000000001946 - 07 - 22 - 0000 22 July 1946 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7003100000000000000 ♠ 1000 + </Td> <Td> Brazilian surgeon turned pulp novel author, acknowledged by Guinness as world's most prolific writer . Wrote almost a thousand novels in 6 years, under his own name or 39 pseudonyms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> N. Sharma, Dr. Krishna Dr. Krishna N. Sharma </Td> <Td> English and Hindi </Td> <Td> 000000001984 - 12 - 24 - 0000 24 December 1984 </Td> <Td> Living </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> (Active) </Td> <Td> 7002132000000000000 ♠ 132 as of 2017 </Td> <Td> He writes books on health, medical, music and literature . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Xavier, Chico Chico Xavier </Td> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> 000000001910 - 04 - 02 - 0000 2 April 1910 </Td> <Td> 000000002002 - 06 - 30 - 0000 30 June 2002 </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002450000000000000 ♠ 450 + </Td> <Td> Brazilian spiritist medium whose works are attributed to be psycographies written by spirits . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coelho, Manuel Jacinto Manuel Jacinto Coelho </Td> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> 000000001903 - 12 - 30 - 0000 30 December 1903 </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 01 - 13 - 0000 13 January 1991 </Td> <Td> 1935 </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> 7003100000000000000 ♠ 1,000 </Td> <Td> Brazilian leader of a religion called Cultura Racional ("Rational Culture"). For 56 years, he wrote a one - thousand - volume encyclopedia called Universo em Desencanto ("Disenchanting Universe"), which covers a very wide range of subjects . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lozano Rico, Juan Juan Lozano Rico </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7002800000000000000 ♠ 800 + </Td> <Td> He wrote over 800 novellas mainly under the pseudonym of Carlos de Santander . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> François - Marie Arouet (Voltaire) </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> 21 November 1694 </Td> <Td> 30 May 1778 </Td> <Td> 1718 </Td> <Td> 1778 </Td> <Td> 2000 + </Td> <Td> Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works . He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Death </Th> <Th> First publication </Th> <Th> Last publication </Th> <Th> Published works </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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