Saturday, November 15, 2014

Julia Donaldson makes record £10m sales five years in a row

The author of The Gruffalo earned more than JK Rowling and Dan Brown in UK, making her the fourth biggest-selling writer in British history

Julia Donaldson
Former children’s laureate Julia Donaldson writes stories that ‘stand the test of hundreds of bedtime readings’ says her publisher. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
A dancing chorus of giants and snails, witches and Gruffalos have propelled Julia Donaldson into uncharted territory, as the former children’s laureate becomes the first author to record UK sales of more than £10m for five consecutive years.

According to the Bookseller, Donaldson’s 2014 sales topped £10m in the UK last week, ahead of publishing titans such as JK Rowling and Dan Brown, becoming “the only author to record five years in a row of eight-digit revenue since [book sales monitor Nielsen] BookScan records began”.

Rowling topped £10m for four years in a row, between 2000 and 2003, while Brown, like Jamie Oliver, has managed three consecutive years. Thriller writer James Patterson, Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer and the late Girl with the Dragon Tattoo author Stieg Larsson have made more than £10m in a year twice.

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