&gt; why would a talented author is his 80s with young children write another novel<p>I know this is HN and money is the name of the game, but... some people like creating things and if they want to do it in their 80s, they will. (Also it&#x27;s extremely unlikely you&#x27;ll have young children in your 80s) I doubt anyone publishes their first book with high expectation of success and huge income. So why would it be the case for the last one?