- Charles Hamilton
Charles Hamilton was based in London, United Kingdom. He started writing from a young age. It is estimated that he wrote 100 million words during his career as a writer.
Charles Hamilton as a prolific writer in the world wrote stories on a numerous subjects such as police, school stories, firemen and detectives.
His work varied from newspaper magazines to novels. Hamilton is estimated to have written 1,200 books. During his career, Charles Hamilton used over 20 pen names. Therefore, it is not easy to track all his publications.
Hamilton stayed a bachelor his entire life although he was involved in some romantic relationships. He instead spent all his time studying Greek, Latin, Music, Chess, modern languages and gambling.
When he was a teen he traveled widely in Europe but after 1926 he never left his home country. He was taken care of by his housekeeper by the name Miss Edith Hood.
Charles Hamilton died at the age of 86 and was cremated at a place called Charing in Kent.
- Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was a force to reckon with when it comes to science fiction and is our number two prolific writer in the world. The writer is reported to have penned over 500 books during his time. His books include: Foundation Series and I, Robot. He also wrote many books on history, short stories and screenplays.
- Corin Tellado
Corin Tellado was a great a great Spaniard romance writer and a prolific writer in the world. She wrote 4,000 books during her career and she is reported to have sold over 400 million copies of those books.
- Stephen King
The next prolific writer in the world is Stephen King. He was another force to reckon with in the world of literature. In 1973, he published a novel called Carrie and 59 other novels were published afterwards. King has also written 200 short stories and created numerous screen plays.
- L. Stine
This is the prolific writer in the world who wrote books such as Fear Street and Goosebumps which you might have read before. He is so prolific to the extent that he was producing one book every two weeks. This is why over his writing career, he has sold over 400 million copies of his books.
- Ryoki Inoue
Ryoki Inoue is a Brazilian prolific writer in the world and he doubled as a surgeon who is very prolific in Portuguese written work having produced 1,100 books so far. He is still writing.
- Kathleen Lindsay
Our number 7 prolific writer in the World is Kathleen Lindsay. She used many pen names to write numerous stories. Kathleen died at 70 after having produced 900 books.
- John Creasey
Our number 8 prolific writer in the world is John Creasey. He became prolific against all odds. He is reported to have received 768 rejection letters before publishing his first book. He proceeded to write more than 600 books. Along the process he used an excess of 28 pen names.
- Georges Simenon
The story of Georges Simenon is already covered here. This is the man who would produce 70 pages of written work every single day! Further to that he claimed to have made love with over 10,000 women during his lifetime.
- Jiro Akagawa
Jiro Akagawa spent 30 years writing books and he ended up producing an excess of 500 books. Most of his literary work was mysteries and humor.
- Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski
Jozef Ignacy was another powerful Polish writer who was considered a cultural force in his home country.
He worked as a painter, publisher, historian, writer, scholar and author. He is credited for having produced over 200 literary works during his career. Throughout his life he practiced journalism and publishing.
Jozef developed the habit of conducting in-depth literature review of books from Europe. This is what he practiced throughout his career.
While in exile in Dresden, he became a one-person institution where he organized literary life and wrote a lot of information about Poland. He became the favorite in that part of the world. He never lost his popularity among his readers.
He later suffered from cancer and pneumonia out of which he died on 19th March, 1887. He had written 220 novels, 150 novellas, 20 volumes of historical works and 20 theater plays.
Editorials
He wrote thousands of articles for the newspapers and magazines. He also wrote many letters to many people.
Jozef was not only interested in filling pages with words. He went further and illustrated his works with drawings. He is associated with 1,600 pictures. He also practiced oil painting.
Music
Josef played his piano for one hour every day and he loved reviewing opera performances and concerts.
Travel
Jozef traveled widely he visited the whole of Europe and visited every part of Poland. He was highly educated in European literature.
Sources
Barnes & Noble: 6 of the Most Prolific Authors
Books on the wall: 5 prolific writers you need to check out
