Sidney Sheldon | |
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| Born | Sidney Schechtel February 11, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 2007 (aged 89) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter, television producer |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Period | 1941–2007 |
| Genre | Crime fiction, thriller |
| Spouse | Jane Kaufman Harding
(m. 1945; div. 1946)Alexandra Joyce Kostoff
(m. 1989) |
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent 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 Oscar in 1948.[1] He went on to work in television, where over twenty years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84).[2] After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973), and Rage of Angels (1980).
Sheldon's novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages.[3] Sheldon is consistently cited as one of the top ten best-selling fiction writers of all time.[4]
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- ^ Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (January 1, 2006). "Master of the Game". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "The Best Selling Fiction Authors of All Time". Ranker. Retrieved May 7, 2019.