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Best-selling children's author (current)

Best-selling children's author (current)
Who
JK Rowling
What
12,736,955 unit(s) sold
Where
Not Applicable
When
31 December 2016

Harry Potter creator J K Rowling (b. Joanne Rowling, UK) was the best-selling children's author in 2016, with estimated sales of 12,736,955 books across the year, according to Nielsen BookScan's global data.

This total includes sales of the script book for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which was co-written by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany.