Top 15 highest paid authors 2012
EL James isn’t on here yet but with 20 million books sold this year you can expect to see the Fifty Shades of Grey author near the top.
James Patterson: $94 million – £60 million
Stephen King: $39 million – £25 million
Janet Evanovich: $33 million – £21 million
John Grisham: $26 million – £17 million
Jeff Kinney, $25 million – £16 million
Bill O’Reilly: $24 million – £15 million
Nora Roberts: $23 million – £14 million
Danielle Steel: $23 million – £14 million
Suzanne Collins: $20 million – £12 million
Dean Koontz: $19 million – £12 million
JK Rowling: $17 million – £10 million
George RR Martin: $15 million – £9.6 million
Stephenie Meyer: $14 million – £9 million
Ken Follett: $14 million – £9 million
Rick Riordan: $13 million – £8 million
