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TIL when Robert Jordan, author of The Wheel of Time, passed away before finishing his series, his wife personally selected the author to finish it for him. She chose Brandon Sanderson partially because of his novels, and partially because of the eulogy he wrote of Robert Jordan.

by whatilearned November 28, 2021, 1:14 pm

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TIL Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall Series, was originally a milkman that volunteered to read to blind students along his route. Dissatisfied with the selection of children’s books available, he decided to write his own and became a best-selling author.

by whatilearned November 24, 2021, 1:03 pm

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TIL the famous video of Sammy the rally driver being berated by his co-driver led to the author of the edited video being jailed for cybercrime.

by whatilearned November 24, 2021, 12:51 am

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TIL that the famous female thriller author, Carmen Mola, who won the spanish Planeta Prize this year turneed out to be three men. Augustin Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero had used the name Carmen Mola as an pseudonym.

by whatilearned November 18, 2021, 10:45 am

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TIL Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes franchise, once investigated a real murder and helped to exonerate an innocent man

by whatilearned November 17, 2021, 7:54 am

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TIL that author Lee Child was inspired to name his character Jack Reacher after a shopping trip. An old lady asked for his help in reaching for a can of pears; Child’s wife, when seeing this, commented that if his writing career didn’t work out, he could ‘always get a job as a reacher’.

by whatilearned November 13, 2021, 10:41 am

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Author rants about homosexuals in an NSFW Pokemon fanfiction somehow posted in 1950

by CopyPastaArchive November 12, 2021, 8:41 pm

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TIL, that the most published works by one author, was L. Ron Hubbard at 1084.

by whatilearned November 8, 2021, 12:49 am

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TIL ancient Greek author Lucian of Samosata wrote a short novel in the 100s which included a trip to the Moon, a 200-mile-long whale with fish people living inside it, and a river of wine filled with fish and bears.

by whatilearned November 5, 2021, 2:59 am

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TIL that acclaimed UK/US author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for 10 years after Iran issued a death warrant against him for writing “The Satanic Verses”, spent much of that time playing Super Mario Bros. The game’s influence can be seen in the two children’s novels he wrote for his sons.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 7:54 am

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TIL author Clive Barker supported himself early in his career by occasionally working as a male prostitute for rich and secretive clients. The experience inspired him to write, “The Hellbound Heart”, which was later adapted into the film, “Hellraiser”

by whatilearned November 1, 2021, 10:43 pm

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TIL “Jaws” is not the name of the shark, in the movie or the book. The author (Peter Benchley) chose the title 20 min. before the book went into production, after mulling over ~125 other options. When asked “What does [Jaws] mean?” Benchley said “I don’t know, but it’s short & it fits on a jacket.”

by whatilearned October 26, 2021, 5:37 pm

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