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I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

— Richard North Patterson

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

— Danielle Steel

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen…

— David Sedaris

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.

— Naomi Alderman

I finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out…

— Michael Koryta

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

— David Sedaris

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

— Claire Tomalin

When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought…

— Jim McKelvey