14 Unexpected Day Jobs of Bestselling Authors

14 Unexpected Day Jobs of Bestselling Authors 14 Unexpected Day Jobs of Bestselling Authors Bret Easton Ellis sold his manuscript for Less Than Zero at the age of 21. Unlike this wunderkind, most authors don’t land on the New York Times Best Sellers List straight after college: most of them had to find day jobs while they worked on their craft. In this week’s post, we look through the rà ©sumà ©s of the world’s most beloved authors and  uncover the skills that paid the bills.1. JD Salinger – Cruise Ship Entertainment DirectorSpeaking of postal workers, the future Nobel laureate was briefly a postmaster at the University of Mississippi. From all written accounts, he was terrible at this job and eventually handed in a resignation letter penned with sound and fury.Who have we left off this list? If your favorite writer once held an interesting, strange, or unexpected job, please share it with us in the comments below.