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Authors With the Most Film Adaptations - Page 6

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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Needful Things (Stephen King)
Needful Things
201
Stephen King
Needful Things (1993)
Needful Things (1993)
202
Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
203
Stephen King
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
204
Thinner (Stephen King)
Thinner
205
Stephen King
Thinner (1996)
Thinner (1996)
206
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
207
Stephen King
The Night Flier
The Night Flier
208
Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
209
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
210
Stephen King
The Green Mile (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
211
Hearts in Atlantis (Stephen King)
Hearts in Atlantis
212
Stephen King
Hearts in Atlantis (Film)
Hearts in Atlantis (Film)
213
Dreamcatcher (Stephen King)
Dreamcatcher
214
Stephen King
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
215
Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight
216
Secret Window (2004)
Secret Window (2004)
217
Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
218
Stephen King
Riding the Bullet (2004)
Riding the Bullet (2004)
219
1408 (2007)
1408 (2007)
220
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
221
Stephen King
The Mist (2007)
The Mist (2007)
222
Mercy (2014)
Mercy (2014)
223
Full Dark, No Stars (Stephen King)
Full Dark, No Stars
224
Stephen King
A Good Marriage (2014)
A Good Marriage (2014)
225
Cell (Stephen King)
Cell
226
Stephen King
Cell (2016)
Cell (2016)
227
The Dark Tower Series (Steven King)
The Dark Tower Series
228
Steven King
The Dark Tower (2017)
The Dark Tower (2017)
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
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John Le Carré
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
231
Call for the Dead (Lecarre)
Call for the Dead
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Lecarre
The Deadly Affair (1966)
The Deadly Affair (1966)
233
The Looking Glass War (Lecarre)
The Looking Glass War
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Lecarre
The Looking Glass War (1969)
The Looking Glass War (1969)
235
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl
236
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
237
The Russian House (John Le Carré)
The Russian House
238
John Le Carré
The Russia House (1990)
The Russia House (1990)
239
The Tailor of Panama (John Le Carré)
The Tailor of Panama
240
John Le Carré
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