NEW YORK — Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, authors of the best-selling “Left Behind” series of end-times fiction, have been ranked 42nd on Entertainment Weekly’s list of 51 most powerful entertainers.
The magazine’s “Power List 2002,” released in its Oct. 18 issue, cited the authors between actor Vin Diesel and actress Cameron Diaz. They were well behind the top three rankers — Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Mel Gibson — but ahead of Bono and Bruce Springsteen. Overall, the “Left Behind” series has sold more than 50 million copies, including children’s books and audio and graphic novels. The “Desecration” title in the series was named by Publishers Weekly as the top-selling hardcover fiction tile for 2001.
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