A self-published author was 'astounded' to discover her crime thrillers have sold a million copies after agents rejected her first efforts. Sheila Rodgers's first novel Only The Innocent, written under the pen name Rachel Abbott, and its two sequels, have together sold a million copies - but the 62-year-old had thought she would be 'lucky' to sell 1,000. The three e-books have been bestsellers on Amazon's Kindle store - and remain in the top 100. Sheila Rodgers self-published published her first novel, under the pen name Rachel Abbott, in 2011 'Nobody is more astounded than me,' she told The Sunday Times.
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Sheila Rodgers decided to self-publish her novel Only The Innocent in 2011
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The book and its sequels have sold a million copies in e-book form
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'Nobody is more astounded than me,' the 62-year-old author said
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