Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Highest Paid Authors

Forbes published a list of the highest paid book authors from July 1, 2009-June 1, 2010. Does this make them the best authors? No but they certainly sell a lot of books or have big movie deals. Are any of these your favorites? SH

(Photo is from www.jamespatterson.com)

Top 10 Highest Paid Book Authors

1. James Patterson, $70 million
2. Stephanie Meyer, $40 million
3. Stephen King, $34 million
4. Danielle Steel, $32 million
5. Ken Follett, $20 million
6. Dean Koontz, $18 million
7. Janet Evanovich, $16 million
8. John Grisham, $15 million
9. Nicholas Sparks, $14 million
10. J.K. Rowling, $10 million

from Forbes.com


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