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Authors With the Most Film Adaptations - Page 5

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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The Longest Ride (Nicholas Sparks)
The Longest Ride
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Nicholas Sparks
The Longest Ride (2015)
The Longest Ride (2015)
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The Choice (Nicholas Sparks)
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Nicholas Sparks
The Choice (2016)
The Choice (2016)
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Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
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Carrie (1976)
Carrie (1976)
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
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The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
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Cujo (Stephen King)
Cujo
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Cujo (1983)
Cujo (1983)
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The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
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Stephen King
The Dead Zone (1983)
The Dead Zone (1983)
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Christine (Stephen King)
Christine
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Christine (1983)
Christine (1983)
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Night Shift (Stephen King)
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Stephen King
Children of the Corn (1984)
Children of the Corn (1984)
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Cat's Eye (1985)
Cat's Eye (1985)
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Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
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Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift
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The Lawnmower Man (1992)
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
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The Mangler (1995)
The Mangler (1995)
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Firestarter (Stephen King)
Firestarter
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Cycle of the Werewolf (Stephen King)
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Silver Bullet (1985)
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Different Seasons (Stephen King)
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Stand by Me (1986)
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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Apt Pupil (1998)
Apt Pupil (1998)
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The Running Man (Richard Bachman)
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The Running Man (1987)
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Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
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Pet Sematary (1989)
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It (Stephen King)
It
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Stephen King's It (1990)
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It (1990)
It (1990)
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Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
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Stephen King
Misery (1990)
Misery (1990)
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The Dark Half (Stephen King)
The Dark Half
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Stephen King
The Dark Half (Film)
The Dark Half (Film)
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