Harper Lee was an airline reservation clerk, Douglas Adams was a bodyguard, Kurt Vonnegut worked at a SAAB dealership, John Grisham was a plumber.
Other surprising jobs of the world’s most famous authors can be found in the infographic created by a professional editing and proofreading company The Expert Editor.
So aspiring bestselling authors pumping petrol and washing dishes take heart. Everybody has to start somewhere and many famous writers found inspiration for some of their most revered pieces of writing from jobs that seemed like dead ends.
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