Forbes Lists the World’s Highest Paid Authors

Forbes Magazine just released it’s newest list of the world’s highest paid authors. The estimate is for the period ending May 31, 2011. I’m not sure if this list will inspire struggling first time novelists but it is an indicator that there is still life left in commercial publishing.

James Patterson ($84 million)
Danielle Steel ($35 million)
Stephen King ($28 million)
Janet Evanovich ($22 million)
Stephenie Meyer ($21 million)
Rick Riordan ($21 million)
Dean Koontz ($19 million)
John Grisham ($18 million)
Jeff Kinney ($17 million)
Nicholas Sparks ($16 million)

Tags: andy ross agency, danielle steel, dean koontz, highest paid book authors, james patterson, janet evanovich, rick riordan, stephen king, stephenie meyer

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2 Responses to “Forbes Lists the World’s Highest Paid Authors”

Julia Says:
August 24, 2011 at 6:15 pm | Reply
What about JK Rowling?? Doesn’t she rate with these folks?
- andyrossagency Says:
  August 24, 2011 at 6:50 pm | Reply
  The Forbes list was for 2010-11. Rowling didn’t have a new book out last year

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