Joyce Carol Oates
Born June 16, 1938 · 88 years old
58 novels, more story anthologies than shelf space
She publishes so much that people assume no single human could output that much, so the rumor mill quietly replaces her with successors. There is one of her, and she is still outproducing entire writing programs.
88, still publishing at a pace that concerns biographers.
Confirmed alive as of September 23, 2026 · source: Wikidata