![]() In a 1982 interview Sheldon told of how he created his novels “I try to write my books so the reader can’t put them down. At night he wrote his own screenplays and was able to sell one called “South of Panama,” to the studio for $250 in 1941. ![]() At seventeen, he started working as a reader of prospective film material at Universal Pictures for $22 a week. He began writing as a youngster and at the age of ten he made his first sale of a poem for $10. Sheldon is consistently cited as one of the top ten best selling fiction writers of all time. His 18 novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages. After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels. ![]() He went on to work in television, where his works spanned a 20-year period. Sheldon came to prominence in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) which earned him an Academy Award in 1948. Sidney Sheldon was an American writer and producer. ![]()
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