Too Old to Publish?

Am I too old to be an author? Have others (maybe even well-known authors) published noteworthy books after they were, let's call it, "mature?" I enjoyed writing from an early age, but didn't feel confident I could make it a career. It wasn't until I retired that I began writing in earnest, publishing Brute Heart in 2010 when I was sixty-seven.

I did a bit of research on this subject and found several well-known authors who published their most successful works while they were not one of those whippersnappers courted by today's agents and publishers. Note: books listed are not necessarily the first ones they wrote.

Author	Best-known Book	Age When Published
Norman Maclean	A River Runs Through It	73
Bram Stoker	Dracula	50
Raymond Chandler	The Big Sleep	51
Anna Sewell	Black Beauty	57
Laura Ingalls Wilder	Little House on the Prairie	65
Frank McCourt	Angela’s Ashes	66
Richard Adams	Watership Down	67
Mary Wesley	Jumping the Queue	71