We bet that while you are watching your food and fuel bills rise you’d like to check out the latest issue of Forbes to see how much some of the top-selling authors make, right???
RIGHT!
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling tops the list as the most profitable author, taking in $300 million between July 1 2007 and June 30 2008. She is also one of only three women on the list that includes award-winning mystery writer James Patterson with $50 million, books-that-make-good-movies author Stephen King with $45 million, Tom Clancy with $35 million and Danielle Steele with $30 million.
Courtroom thriller writer John Grisham and paranormal thriller writer Dean Koontz each made $25 million. Ken Follet made $20 million, romance writer Janet Evanovich made $17 million, and Nicholas Sparks comes in at number 10 with $16 million.
J.K. puts everyone else to shame!
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