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Rarely has a book stirred up so much anticipation and speculation as Jean M. Auel's The Shelters of Stone. For 12 years fans have been waiting for the next Earth's Children tale --- some patiently, others not so patiently. The waiting comes to an end when the fifth Earth's Children novel hits stores April 30. With her popular hybrid of historical fiction, romance, and fantasy The Shelters of Stone is expected to climb the bestseller lists and join The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, and The Plains of Passage as a classic in popular fiction.
AuthorsOnTheWeb.com salutes Jean M. Auel this month with biographical and trivia information about her life and career. If you are already an Auel fan we hope you'll join us in celebrating the publication of The Shelters of Stone. If you have yet to enter Auel's world we hope you'll be tempted to pick up the first book and work your way through the series.
Fast Facts
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Jean Auel's books have sold 34 million copies worldwide.
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Jean Auel's books are available in over 20 languages.
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Jean Auel is currently writing the sixth Earth's Children book.
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According to a 2/18/02 Publishers Weekly article, The Mammoth Hunters was the first novel to "achieve a first printing of more than a million copies" when it was published in 1985.
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After the movie version of The Clan of the Cave Bear was released in the 1980s, Auel "[sued] the production company" reported Publishers Weekly in a 2/18/02 article.
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Bio
Jean M. Auel is the author of the bestselling Earth's Children series, including The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, and The Plains of Passage. She lives in Oregon with her husband, Ray, and is currently researching the sixth book in the series.
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