Who is the most popular fiction author?

Who is the most popular fiction author?

Agatha Christie // Estimated 2 billion books sold According to Guinness World Records, Agatha Christie has the title of “world’s best-selling fiction writer,” with estimated sales of over 2 billion.

Who is the best-selling fiction author of all time?

James Patterson is the world’s highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world’s best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the “Alex Cross” crime novel series.

Who is the best living author?

The 10 best living American novelists

  1. Alice Walker. Getty Images.
  2. Marilynne Robinson.
  3. Jonathan Franzen.
  4. Michael Chabon.
  5. Bret Easton Ellis.
  6. George Saunders.
  7. Rachel Kushner.
  8. Anne Tyler.
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What are some of the best books on Ethiopia?

The best books on Ethiopia: Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste, Nega Mezlekia’s Notes from the Hyena’s Belly and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

Who are some famous writers from Ethiopia who write in English?

Nega Mezlekia is an Ethiopian writer who writes in English. His first language is the Amharic language, but since the 1980s he has lived in Canada so speaks and writes in English. Dinaw Mengestu is an Ethiopian-American novelist and writer.

Who are the top 10 most famous people in Ethiopia?

1 Nikos Papatakis. 2 Haile Gerima. 3 Nega Mezlekia. 4 Dinaw Mengestu. 5 Mengistu Haile Mariam. 6 Hama Tuma. 7 Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin. 8 Sahle Sellassie. 9 Haddis Alemayehu. 10 Asfa-Wossen Asserate.

Who is the author of The Afersata?

Works: Shinega’s village, The Afersata [an Ethiopian novel Sahle Sellassie Berhane Mariam (Amharic: ሳህለ ሰልላስሴ በርሃነ ማርአም ; born 1936) is an Ethiopian author who has written in three languages: Gurage, English, and Amharic. He wrote the first novel in Chaha,… more

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