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STEPHEN KING’S RECOMMENDATION SENDS UNKNOWN AUTHOR TO NO.1 ON BESTSELLER LIST
(Victoria, BC – 21 February 2007) Meg Gardiner, a little known crime writer based in the UK, has shot to No.1 on AbeBooks.com’s bestseller list after being recommended by Stephen King - even though her books are not published in the US.
Gardiner and her thriller China Lake, published in 2002, claimed the top spot last week as North American buyers purchased copies from UK-based booksellers through AbeBooks.com.
King praised Gardiner on his website in December and interest in her work, particularly among bloggers, has been growing ever since. He then wrote extensively about Gardiner again in his Entertainment Weekly column published on February 9 where he said he was “staggered” that she was not published in the US. “I mean, this woman is as good as Michael Connelly and far better than Janet Evanovich,” wrote King, who advises readers to start with China Lake - Gardiner’s first book in her Evan Delaney series.
AbeBooks.com primarily serves customers in the US and Canada but it allows buyers to purchase books from sellers around the world.
Another of Gardiner’s novels, Jericho Point, was the sixth most popular book on AbeBooks.com last week. Oprah’s latest self-help recommendation, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, was in second place behind China Lake despite recent exposure on Oprah’s TV show.
AbeBooks.com top 10 bestselling books for February 9 to 18:
- China Lake by Meg Gardiner
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- Candyfreak the Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond
- Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers by Chap Clark
- Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods by Rick Warren
- Jericho Point by Meg Gardiner
- Rediscovering the Kingdom by Myles Munroe
- Leadership and the One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
- Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever
- How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour by Dr. Gordon D. Fee
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