EDGAR WALLACE.
GREAT OUTPUT OF BOOKS. A million and a-half of Edgar Wallace's books have been sold in the United States, according to his publishers' estimate. He has written more than 150 books, the exact number being unknown to tho publishers. Five million copies are sold yearly. He wrote the six most financially successful plays in London last year. Successful from a financial standpoint, that is. One quarter of all the boqks sold in Britain last year were written by him. Edgar Wallace has written about twelve books a year, employing a voice recording device and two secretaries. It took him about two weeks to write a book and a week-end was usually enough for a play. About 1,200,000 of his books were sold in Britain last year, and he has been a " best seller " in Germany, Austria arid South Africa. In his spare time he conducted a racing column for a London newspaper.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)
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154EDGAR WALLACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)
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