Additionally, he has written for Esquire, and has an extensive formal education in creative writing. Most people know James Franco from Hollywood however, he has also written several books and short plays, some of which have been adapted into feature-length films, such as Palo Alto. Hosseini now works with the United Nations. He continued practicing medicine for some time afterward, saying “I thought it completely outlandish and unattainable, the idea of becoming a writer.” His sentiment is a bit ironic considering that his first two books have sold a combined 38 million copies. He was a practicing doctor while he wrote The Kite Runner, which was published in 2003 and quickly became a bestseller. Khaled Hosseini is known as the author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and most recently, A nd the Mountains Echoed, but he actually started his career as a physician. He published Old Ironsides in 1830, which won critical acclaim, contributed to The Atlantic Monthly from 1857 onward, and published numerous other works throughout his life. He was a physician for 10 years, taught anatomy and physiology at Harvard, and was Harvard Medical School’s dean until 1882, when he was age 73. Oliver Wendell Holmes is most well-known today as a writer, but he actually started out studying law at Harvard University before changing his studies to medicine. He even won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” You can still buy some of his books today. What most people don’t know is he also wrote 43 books throughout his lifetime, many of which were about historical events. Most people know Winston Churchill as the British politician who guided England through World War II.
Here are 10 authors with full-time careers outside of writing (in some cases, they’re known better for their non-literary accomplishments!) who still managed to become successful, published authors.
What matters isn’t how much time you have, but what you do with the time you do have. Many famous authors throughout history held a day job while pursuing their passion project on the side. A lack of time is often what separates the would-be writer from the published author.įortunately, you don’t have to be a published author to be a prolific writer. Few people are able to dedicate large, uninterrupted blocks of time to write full-time.
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