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Aging Authors

Synopsis:  Prolific author Mary Higgins Clark autographed a children's book for me and Spencer.  Clark has over 40 books in print and is one of the most prolific women in the publishing industry.  I discuss the ascent and descent of her work, and contrast it with that of others--Agatha Christie, and Jaqueline Kennedy Onasis (yes, she earned her place in the list).  What can I and other aging creatives learn from these powerhouses?

Excerpt:  Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney has 40+ books to her name, and they sell. In fact her debut novel, We Are the Children, first published in 1975, is in its seventy-fifth printing! At this point the mathematician in me says "2011 minus 83 equals 1927-28, which is FORTY EIGHT years before 1975. MHC didn't write her first novel until she was almost fifty?

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