Sidney Sheldon

Also known as Sidney Schechtel

American writer (1917–2007)

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Sidney Sheldon was an American writer who lived from 1917 to 2007 and created works across multiple genres including novels, television, and theater. His writing achieved widespread popular success and influenced entertainment across different media during his long career.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 11 February 1917
Died: 30 January 2007
Works: 405

Top works

El Amo Del Juego/Masters of the Game
Shiḳui ha-ʻotsmah
Kavod mishpaḥti
Best Sellers
Best Sellers

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1917-02-11
Active to: 2007-01-30

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Listeners: 172
Total plays: 8,001

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
· 1983 · cited 25,225x
Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,733x
Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis.
· 1985 · cited 14,856x
Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome
· 2009 · cited 12,398x
Studies of Illness in the Aged
· 1963 · cited 9,594x

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date of birth: 1917-02-11
date of death: 2007-01-30
name in native language: Sidney Sheldon
start of work period: 1937-00-00
end of work period: 2007-00-00
birth name: Sidney Schechtel

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Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980).

Sheldon's novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages. He is consistently cited as one of the top 10 best-selling fiction writers of all time.