According to Forbes magazine, the famous American author James Patterson, the father of thriller novels is the world’s top-earning author, with total income of $84 million from May 2010 to April 2011. Danielle Steel and Stephen King are followers with $35 million and $28 million respectively. The fifth position belongs to female writer Stephenie Meyer, Twilight series author and Rick Riordan with $21 million. These estimated income results are based on sales figures supplied by Nielsen Bookscan, year-end sales totals submitted by publishing houses to Publishers Weekly, and input from numerous agents, managers and editors. Let’s take some minutes to gain more knowledge of these highest income authors.
Only in one year recently, James Patterson published 10 books in the 17-book contract, $150 million USD he signed with Hachette publisher. Moreover, Patterson had an astonishing 20 titles on the year-end bestseller lists in 2010 including thrillers for adults and teens and comprising more than 10 million copies.
James Patterson hits the number one of the list with total income of $84 million, major increase from the $70 million he booked the year before
James Patterson hits the number one of the list with total income of $84 million, major increase from the $70 million he booked the year before
With the total income of $35 million, romance novelist Danielle Steel holds the record for consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list
With the total income of $35 million, romance novelist Danielle Steel holds the record for consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list
As of 2011, Stephen King has written and published 49 novels, 5 non-fiction books, and 9 short stories with the huge income of $28 million
As of 2011, Stephen King has written and published 49 novels, 5 non-fiction books, and 9 short stories with the huge income of $28 million
Janet Evanovich lands the number 4 with $22 million in which he earns advances of around $10 million per book
Janet Evanovich lands the number 4 with $22 million in which he earns advances of around $10 million per book
Stephenie Meyer earned $21 million, decreasing much from her 2010 earnings of $41 million but her film version of "Eclipse" earned $300 million at the box office in the U.S and almost $400 million overseas.
Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer
Like Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan gained $21 million, putting the number five
Like Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan gained $21 million, putting the number five
$19 million is the total income Dean Koontz, American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers earned from May 2010 to April 2011
$19 million is the total income Dean Koontz, American author best-known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers earned from May 2010 to April 2011
Like James Patterson, John Grisham is the author of both adult thrillers and young adult novels. He got $18 million during this period to be put the number 7 of the world’s top-earning author list
Like James Patterson, John Grisham is the author of both adult thrillers and young adult novels. He got $18 million during this period to be put the number 7 of the world’s top-earning author list
Jeff Kinney earned the total of $17 million
Jeff Kinney earned the total of $17 million
The author of The Lucky One and Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks holds the last position of top 10 highest paid for $16 million
The author of The Lucky One and Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks holds the last position of top 10 highest paid for $16 million
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