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The Top 5 Richest Authors In The World!
Who are the top authors of today? By top we mean those who earn some bucks not literary geniuses because being unsuccessful used to be the mark of a great writer in another generation. While there is no reason why the best selling authors are necessarily the best writers today there is no denying the fact that they have changed the way we perceive writing as a profession. We no see longer writers as people who die of tuberculosis or starvation or both.
Now that writing is just as much of a well paying profession as any, let us see who the top earning authors of today are.
5
Top
Earning
Authors
In
The
World:
1.
James
Patterson:
He
is
famous
for
his
thrillers
and
horror
fiction.
Especially
the
psychological
thrillers
around
Alex
Cross
have
earned
him
lots
and
lots
of
laurels
(and
of
course
cash).
He
is
also
famous
for
'Women
Murder
Club'.
He
tops
the
list
by
sheer
force
of
numbers.
You
must
be
wondering
why
J
K
Rowling
is
not
on
the
list
of
top
writers.
She
has
written
7
books
and
this
man
has
written
a
whopping
71
books
in
the
last
30
years!
Annual
Earnings:
Above
$80
million
2.
Stephenie
Meyer:
The
new
star
on
the
horizon
and
she
gets
there
in
just
a
matter
of
7
years.
The
first
Twilight
series
book
came
in
2003
and
the
rest
is
history.
Meyer
was
the
best
selling
author
for
2
consecutive
years
(2008
and
2009)
for
her
intense
vampire
romance
that
mysteriously
includes
werewolves
too!
That
has
helped
and
so
has
the
fact
that
her
books
were
converted
into
multi-million
dollar
films.
Annual
Earnings:
Above
$50
million
3.
Danielle
Steel:
This
enchanting
lady
has
made
a
fortune
out
of
writing
enchantingly
mushy
love
stories.
She
is
again
a
master
of
numbers
as
she
publishes
2
to
3
books
per
years.
She
is
the
only
rich
author
whose
books
have
featured
on
the
best
sellers
list
for
381
consecutive
weeks!
'Going
Home',
'Perfect
Strangers'
etc
are
some
of
her
best
works.
Annual
Earnings:
Above
35
million
4.
Stephen
King:
The
Father
of
macabre
literature
and
the
man
who
changed
the
face
of
spooky
horror
friction
is
on
the
list
of
best
selling
authors
because
even
decades
after
their
publishing
his
books
are
still
best
sellers!
Known
for
a
foul
temper
(called
James
Patterson
'an
awful
writer')
he
has
contributed
the
scripts
to
some
of
Hollywood's
biggest
blockbusters;
'The
Shinning',
'The
Mist'
and
'Shawshank
Redemption'
to
name
a
few.
Annual
Earnings:
Above
$30
million
5.
Ken
Follet:
You
know
him
for
his
historic
novels,
meaning
novels
inspired
by
history.
Some
the
finest
fiction
about
the
2
World
Wars
has
come
from
this
man's
pen.
'Jackdraws',
'Eye
Of
the
Needle'
and
'Triple'
are
some
of
his
most
sold
works.
Annual
Income:
Above
$20
million.
These were the five top authors of our time who wrote well and got paid for it.
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