The world's best paid authors

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The world's best paid authors

Oct 06 2008

While the publishing industry has struggled to come up with a "Happily Ever After" storyline in recent years, there's still plenty of money to be made in the business of books - at least for the world's top 10 best paid authors, according to Forbes magazine:

J.K. Rowling - $300 million
James Patterson - $50 million
Stephen King - $45 million
Tom Clancy - $35 million
Danielle Steel - $30 million
John Grisham - $25 million
Dean Koontz - $25 million
Ken Follett - $20 million
Janet Evanovich - $17 million
Nicholas Sparks - $16 million

Source: Forbes magazine

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