Forbes has compiled a chart of the most highly paid writers in the world
The list was headed by the Creator of thrillers and detectives, American James Patterson,
which in the last 12 months has been enriched by $90 million So that its revenues for the last ten years amounted to $700 million Patterson known due to a series of novels about inspector Alex Cross, the detective, Michael Bennett, and the novels of the series " Women's club of investigations of murders ".
2nd place - Dan brown, who over the past year has been enriched by $28 million
due to the sales of his latest book " Inferno ", which in the USA has sold 1.4 million copies, brown could earn $6 million more than the year before.
the top 3 also includes the Creator of the detective and romance novels Nora Roberts. From June 2013 to June 2014 she could earn $23 million
the five most highly paid writers also got Daniel Steele ($22 million)
and Janet Ivanovich ($20 million).
followed by children's writer Jeff Kinney ($17 million), 26-year-old Veronica Roth
($17 million), the Creator of the so-called " legal thrillers " by John Grisham ($17 million) and
" the king of horror Stephen king ($17 million).
the chart also includes Susan Collins ($16 million), the Creator of the books about Harry Potter JK Rowling ($14 million), a science fiction writer George R.R. Martin ($12 million), David Baldacci ($11 million), Creator of the series of novels about Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan ($10 million), the Creator of the erotic novel " 50 shades of grey " Englishwoman E. L. James ($10 million),
author Gillian Flynn ($9 million) and the Creator of books for teenagers John green ($9 million).
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