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Check Out Canada’s Most Prolific Authors
As I have been preparing for the publication of my 100th book, I became curious as to what other other Canadian authors had reached this milestone. Scouring the internet did not produce any names. Therefore, I reached out to various organizations, consulted the Library and Archives Canada library catalogue, and spoke with fellow authors to compile a preliminary list of Canada’s most prolific writers.
It’s important to note that this list is not exhaustive. I am sure there are other authors I have not yet discovered. But here is my preliminary list of Canada’s most prolific authors. For measurement purposes, I attempted to compare by the number of novels (or nonfiction books) published. However, I couldn’t ignore Viola Grace’s impressive body of work, since I can’t deny that nearly 500 works is prolific, no matter what their length.
The numbers in this article will be quickly out of date. These authors (the ones who are still living) publish a number of books every year. I’ll keep it updated in my original blog post the best I can.