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Authors With the Most Film Adaptations - Page 4

It seems as though every other day there's an announcement of a new forthcoming film adaptation of a beloved (or just new) novel—after all, where else would great films come from? It's a huge deal to have your novel adapted for the big screen, but some authors probably don't even notice it anymore. There are plenty of writers whose works have been made into many, many films—William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Arthur Conan Doyle being the high rollers that immediately spring to mind. But with contemporary—read, living—authors, the field is a little slimmer. So I wondered—which living authors have had the most films adapted from their work (so far)?
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
121
Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
122
Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)
Frenchman's Creek
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Daphne Du Maurier
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
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HUNGRY HILL (DAPHNE DU MAURIER)
HUNGRY HILL
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DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Hungry Hill (1947)
Hungry Hill (1947)
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My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)
My Cousin Rachel
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Daphne Du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
128
The Scapegoat, Daphne Du Maurier
The Scapegoat, Daphne Du Maurier
129
The Scapegoat (1959)
The Scapegoat (1959)
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Scapegoat (2012)
Scapegoat (2012)
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The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
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Daphne Du Maurier
The Birds (1963)
The Birds (1963)
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The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
134
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
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Daphne Du Maurier
Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
136
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man
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Bicentennial Man (1999)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
138
Nightfall
Nightfall
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Nightfall (2000)
Nightfall (2000)
140
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
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Isaac Asimov
I, Robot (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
142
Message in a Bottle (Nicholas Sparks)
Message in a Bottle
143
Nicholas Sparks
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Message in a Bottle (1999)
144
A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)
A Walk to Remember
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Nicholas Sparks
A Walk to Remember (2002)
A Walk to Remember (2002)
146
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
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Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook (2004)
148
Nights in Rodanthe (Nicholas Sparks)
Nights in Rodanthe
149
Nicholas Sparks
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
150
Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)
Dear John
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Nicholas Sparks
Dear John (2010)
Dear John (2010)
152
The Last Song (Nicholas Sparks)
The Last Song
153
Nicholas Sparks
The Last Song (2010)
The Last Song (2010)
154
The Lucky One (Nicholas Sparks)
The Lucky One
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Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One (2012)
The Lucky One (2012)
156
Safe Haven (Nicholas Sparks)
Safe Haven
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Nicholas Sparks
Safe Haven (2013)
Safe Haven (2013)
158
The Best of Me (Nicholas Sparks)
The Best of Me
159
Nicholas Sparks
The Best of Me (2014)
The Best of Me (2014)
160
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