prolific author

Highly productive writer

A prolific author is a writer who produces a large body of work.

The phrase emphasizes quantity and steady output rather than quality, though the two aren't mutually exclusive: Stephen King is one of the most prolific authors in American fiction.

She became a prolific author of romance novels, publishing three or four a year.

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Harper Lee · Margaret Mitchell · J.D. Salinger · Emily Brontë · Ralph Ellison

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