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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Everybody has one good book in them"''
|'''Old Adage'''}}
{{quote|''"I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again."''
|'''[[To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee]]'''}}
Alice has just finished reading a book by Bob Campbell, written over 50 years ago, that she had randomly found at the library. It was an amazing read that really got Alice wondering what other books he has written. Excited, Alice goes on the internet to search for works by Campbell and she finds that in his entire lifetime, Campbell had never written any other books, although the one book that he did write was extremely popular.
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{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* Tatsuya Nakazaki, the Japanese voice actor who voiced Akito Hayama in ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'', only voiced that character and both Hajime and Shiro Ryojoji in ''[[Jubei-chan]]''. Apart
== Film ==
=== In-Work Examples ===
* The premise of ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' involves [[Sean Connery|Forrester]] being a One-Book Author. {{spoiler|In the end, [[Subverted Trope|he writes a second book]].}}
* Ditto for the plot of ''[[Wonder Boys
* The end of the film ''[[Croupier]]'' has the protagonist, a novelist and casino dealer, having completed and published his [[Roman à Clef]], realize that it is probably better for him to quit while he's ahead and not write another novel.
* ''[[Stone Reader]]'' is a
=== One-Film Directors ===
* ''[[The Night of the Hunter]]'', directed by [[Charles Laughton]]. While the film is today considered a classic, it did terribly when it was first released. Subsequently, Laughton was never given the chance to direct another film.
* ''[[Kotch]]'' was Jack Lemmon's sole film as a director.
* [[Bill Murray]] has been working in movies for over
* ''[[Short Cut to Hell]]'' (1957) was the only movie James Cagney ever directed.
* ''[[One-Eyed Jacks]]'' is the only film directed by [[Marlon Brando]] (who also played the lead role).
* Screenwriter and author Dalton Trumbo directed only one film, ''[[Johnny Got His Gun]]'', an adaptation of his own novel.
* [[Peter Lorre]] returned to Germany after [[World War Two]] and tried to reshape his career by writing, directing, and starring in ''Der Verlorene''. The film was poorly received and he returned to Hollywood, resigned to taking whatever roles he was offered.
* Writer Steve Gordon had a very weak heart, and died shortly after completing his first directorial effort, ''[[Arthur (film)|Arthur]]'', in 1981.
* ''[[The Brave]]'' is the only film that [[Johnny Depp]] has directed. Terrible reviews from American critics not only led him to leave directing but also [[No Export for You|refuse any offers for an American release of the film]].
* While certainly not a literal One-Book Author, Stephen King's sole directing credit is on ''[[Maximum Overdrive]].'' As he considers the movie something of an [[Old Shame]], this is likely to stay the case.
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* Fernando Ramos da Silva was a young street urchin who starred in the Brazilian crime classic ''Pixote'' in 1981. Da Silva, who played the title role, couldn't break out as an actor due to his illiteracy. He later returned to a life of crime before being killed in a shootout with police at the age of 17.
* Carrie Henn won a Saturn Award for playing Newt in ''[[Aliens]]'', but to date (2012) never acted again.
* ''[[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory]]'' has roles played by two One-book Authors:
** Child actor Peter Ostrum was offered a lucrative multi-picture film deal after playing Charlie Bucket in the 1971
** Michael Bollner, who played Augustus Gloop, never acted again after this movie. He was cast because he was a native of Munich, where the movie was shot and where he still lives to this day, and had to be taught his lines phonetically. Like Ostrum, he went to school and became a professional (he runs a tax accounting firm) and has only been seen in ''Willy Wonka''-related material since.
* Kelly Reno, the star of ''[[The Black Stallion]]'', was set to make a good transition into adult acting when he was badly disfigured in a car accident. By the time he was out of recovery, all his offers had dried up and he never got any others.
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* An insurance manager (and eventual fertilizer salesman) named Hal Warren got involved in a bet with screenwriter Stirling Silliphant, in which Warren wagered that he would make a horror film on a shoestring budget. [[Manos: The Hands of Fate|The rest is history.]]
* Yoshifumi Kondo died shortly after making his only movie, ''[[Whisper of the Heart]]'' for [[Studio Ghibli]].
== Literature ==
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* ''Lies'' appears to be all we'll hear from the [[Synth Pop]] duo Heartbreak, although Ali Renault has a solo album, and Muravchik, under the alias Anthonio, released an [[Answer Song]] single to Annie(Anne Lilia Berge-Strand)'s "Anthonio" titled "Annie".
* The psychedelica band [[wikipedia:Uriel (band)|Uriel]] only recorded and released one album—a self-titled album that was named while the band was using an alias, no less! The album, ''Arzachel'', was released in 1969 and became a long sought-after collector's item for psychedelica enthusiasts; its sole ([[Keep Circulating the Tapes|legal]]) re-release in 2007 sold out almost immediately.
== Other ==▼
* Edmund Gettier was a philosopher looking for tenure at Wayne State University. To help with this he was encouraged to publish any ideas he had. He published a 3-page paper called ''Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?'' which completely changed epistemology (the study of knowledge) by showing that apparently, no it wasn't contrary to everything since Plato. He never touched epistemology again, and in fact has published nothing else.▼
== Video Games ==
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* Four Leaf Studio, the group of people behind ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'', was created specifically just for this one game and will not be making any other projects. Justified since it's a collaborative effort by people from all over the world and it has been 5 years in the making.
* The only thing people know for a fact about [[Reclusive Artist|Kikiyama]] is that (s)he was the creator of ''[[Yume Nikki]]''.
== Western Animation ==
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** Huge was Jim Davis's associate at Paws Inc. who got roped into the role, rather than actually being a professional actor.
* Several actors from ''[[Daria]]'' have never done other acting, due to actually being people working behind the scenes who got roped into voice-acting, as opposed to professional voice-actors. For instance, Tracy Grandstaff, who voiced the main character on ''Daria'' as well as on ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', was a writer for various MTV programs.
* Michael Wallis' only voice acting role (or acting credit of any kind for that matter) is as the the Sheriff of Radiator Springs in ''[[Cars]]'', its sequel and other
* Aside from a handful of brief cameos on a couple television shows, [[Sarah Vowell]]'s only acting role is as Violet in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and ''[[Incredibles 2]]''. Like Wallis, she's better known a writer and essayist (most famous for her appearances on ''[[This American Life]]'') instead of a professional actor.
▲== Other ==
▲* Edmund Gettier was a philosopher looking for tenure at Wayne State University. To help with this he was encouraged to publish any ideas he had. He published a
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