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Barbara Cartland

Barbara Cartland is a famous love-story writer. According to the Guiness Book of Records she (be) _____ the best-selling author in the world. Barbara Cartland (be born) _____ at the beginning of the century. She (write) _____ her first book when she (be) _____ twenty-one and it sold out as soon as it (reach) _____the shops. Since then she (write) _____ over 450 books, and all of them (be) _____ about love. This is what Barbara says about herself: “I (be) _____ very organised. I (have) _____ 5 secretaries. I (lie) _____ on my sofa, (shut) _____ my eyes and just (tell) _____ the story. I (make) _____ very few corrections, actually. I only (cut) _____ the paragraphs if they (be) _____ too long. When I (want) _____ a plot, I (say) _____ a prayer.”At the moment Barbara Cartland (hold) _____ the world record for the amount of books she (sell) _____.