[PW] Re: ?Author who has written the largest number of books

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In a message dated 8/28/2006 10:21:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
dphair at epfl.net writes:

> Dear Ravi,
> 
> According to Trivia-Library.com 
> [http://www.trivia-library.com/c/20-most-prolific-authors-and-writers-in-lite
> rary-history.htm], 
> the most prolific author is
> MARY FAULKNER (1903-1973)-904 books.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Yours truly,
> Daria Phair
> Enoch Pratt Free Library
> Baltimore, MD
> 
> 


       Just out of curiosity, how does Alexandre Dumas stack up?  Apparently 
he only wrote 250 novels (writing full time with a lot of assistants) but he 
also wrote plays, short stories, essays and the like.   Unbelievably 
prolific--so how did Mary Faulkner write 904 in 70 short years?