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Friday, September 01, 2006

Left Behind author calls series' success "a God thing"

BLACK FOREST, COLO. (W.) Sept. 1, 2006 -- By the time author Jerry Jenkins penned the first "Left Behind" book a decade ago, he'd already had more than 100 books to his credit.

"When I sell 100,000 [books] I really accomplished something," he told WordNews.org. "But tens of millions? All right, it would be foolish for me to take any human credit. I didn't write 'Left Behind' any differently than anything else -- standing up or sweating."

The "Left Behind" series has sold some 63 million books and topped The New York Times best-sellers list.

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