I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and internet since that time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
After starting as a journalist for newspapers and magazines, I began to write books and had success with a novel and four nonfiction books for young adults.
I started off doing fiction in 1993. It didn't occur to me to do nonfiction because it wasn't a thing yet. So I was bumbling around, writing short stories, and then I took a nonfiction workshop, and I realized that this was what I was supposed to do.
And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.
In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It was a nonfiction book about women pirates - 'Pirates in Petticoats.' After that, I was a book writer for good.
While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.
My work was entirely nonfiction.
I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.
I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.