Dead UK authors lead list of country’s top-earning crime writers
April 11th, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr 11 (ANI): Dead authors still dominate the UK crime writers’ rich list. The creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, is the most successful and highest earning British crime writer of all time, while Agatha Christie stands second.
The list has been prepared for the crime drama digital TV channel Alibi based on recorded sales, box office returns, licence fees and company accounts. It reveals that many dead writers, including Fleming and Christie, live on as flourishing brands, The Guardian reports.
It puts Fleming in first place at more than 100 million, with more than 100 million copies of the Bond books sold worldwide. Christie comes a close second at 100 million pounds exactly, including ticket sales from The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the world, a fixture in London’s West End since 1952, The Guardian reports.
However, both were beaten hands down by the American writers John Grisham, at 600 million dollars (366 million pounds), and Dan Brown, at 400 million dollars.
As far as British writers are concerned, Jeffrey Archer, who will launch a five-volume saga, The Clifton Chronicles, this year, stood third behind Fleming and Christie with 70 million pounds. (ANI)
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