Who is Your Favorite Author?

We all have our favorite authors. Do you know where your fav lies on the all time “Author Best Seller List?”  You may be surprised who is on top, just under the Bible and Willie Shakespeare. If you guessed it was Agatha Christie, you’d be right. 4 BILLION books sold. Yikes!

Here’s the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_fiction_authors

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  1. Theo ZenouOctober 25, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    Favorite authors are Truman Capote, Balzac, Stephen King... ... Right now, I'm getting into Jonathan Franzen - and he is downright brilliant!

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  2. Gerard BiancoOctober 26, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    Great Favorites! I've not read Franzen. You must have loved Philip Hoffman's Capote.

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