The Clan of the Cave Bear | An interview with Jean Auel in At the Field's End
In the following interview, Auel discusses the research and development behind her series.
[O'Connell] When you started writing the Earth's Children series, did you have any idea how popular it would become ?
[Auel] No. I hoped what every writer hopes: that the first book would find a market and an audience, and maybe the second one would do a little better. That certainly has happened; it just started at a much higher level. The first printing of The Clan of the Cave Bear was 75,000 books. And the first printing in hardcover for The Mammoth Hunters was a million books. It broke...
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