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Who is the greatest female writer?

Here are 10 of the most mentioned authors, in no particular order, and what our readers had to say about them:

  1. Doris Lessing (1919 – 2013)
  2. Toni Morrison (born 1931)
  3. Ursula K Le Guin (born 1929)
  4. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
  5. Clarice Lispector (1920 – 1977)
  6. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
  7. Margaret Atwood (born 1939)

Who is the best-selling female authors of all time?

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 most famous female novelist?

10 Famous Women Writers

  • Enheduanna. Enheduanna was born in 2285 BCE.
  • Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was born in 1928 in Missouri.
  • Beverly Cleary. Beverly Cleary grew up on a farm in Oregon before moving to Portland.
  • Willa Cather.
  • Sandra Cisneros.
  • Virginia Woolf.
  • Louisa May Alcott.
  • Toni Morrison.

Who is a famous female writer?

This list features the best female authors of all time, many of whom wrote best-selling books that are still considered classics today including, Gertrude Stein, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Agatha Christie, Maya Angelou, Flannery O’Connor, and Kate Chopin.

What female author wrote the most books?

Barbara Cartland She holds the Guinness World Record for most novels written in a single year: a healthy 23, or two per month.

Which female author has sold the most books?

Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format (for example, comic albums, manga tankōbon volumes, trade paperbacks, or graphic novels)….List of best-selling fiction authors.

Author Barbara Cartland
Max. estimated sales 1 billion
Original language English
Genre and/or major works Romance
Number of books 723

Who is the best English writer?

So, in no particular order, here is our pick of the ten most famous English authors of all time:

  • William Blake 1757-1827.
  • Geoffrey Chaucer 1343-1400.
  • John Donne 1572-1631.
  • George Eliot 1819-1880.
  • John Milton 1608-1674.
  • George Orwell 1903-1950.
  • Harold Pinter 1930-2008.
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834.

Who is the best inspirational writer?

Fifty of the Most Inspiring Authors in the World

  • Frederick Seidel.
  • Floyd Skloot.
  • Wole Soyinka.
  • Ruth Stone.
  • Wisława Szymborska.
  • Gay Talese.
  • Elie Wiesel.
  • C. D. Wright. She’s a true original, who manages to be odd, beautiful, tough as nails, and wonderfully inventive all in the same poetic line.

Who is the most successful writer 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.