Forbes’s Top-Earning Authors
Forbes released its list of top-earning authors for the past 12 months, and SF/F authors dominate the list, taking nine of the 16 slots. Authors of genre interest are:
1. E.L. James: $95 million
2. James Patterson: $91 million
3. Suzanne Collins: $55 million
8. Nora Roberts: $23 million
9. Dan Brown: $22 million
10. Stephen King: $39 million
11. Dean Koontz: $20 million
14. Rick Riordan: $14 million
15. J.K. Rowling: $13 million
16. George R.R. Martin: $12 million
For the entire list, see the Forbes website.