The publishing industry may be experiencing leaner times, lower sales and the steady encroachment of e-media, but the world's top authors still made out pretty well in the last year.
Thriller / fiction author James Patterson topped the list of high-paid writers, earning $70 million. The Forbes rankings were based on earnings from books, film rights, television, gaming deals and other income from June 1, 2009, through June 1, 2010. Patterson's top standing includes his latest deal to pen 17 books by the end of 2012 for an estimated $100 million, and since he writes all his novels in longhand, he better get moving. Then again, I question the quality of his stories considering that's one novel every one month and 19 days.
Mormon housewife masturbatory fantasy yarn spinner Stephanie Meyer, earned $40 million for all things related to rhe "Twilight" series. She had not release any new material during the survey. An actual, skilled author comes in in third - Stephen King, who earned $34 million, including $8 million from backlist sales. His last novel released in November sold over 600,000 copies.
Coming in fourth was romance writer Danielle Steel, who earned $32 million for her regurgitated Dynasty plotlines and erotic matrons, followed by British writer Ken Follett, whose "The Pillars of the Earth" was finally adapted into miniseries a short 21 years after publication. Follett notched $20 million.
Dean Koontz was sixth, taking in $18 million with "The Husband," which was just optioned for film, and while Janet Evanovich made $16 million for the "Stephanie Plum" romantic adventure book series. Romantic adventure? Is that where the woman has to climb a rope or swim before she has sex with a guy? Legal scribe John Grisham, romance writer Nicholas Sparks and "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, rounded out the top 10.
Thriller / fiction author James Patterson topped the list of high-paid writers, earning $70 million. The Forbes rankings were based on earnings from books, film rights, television, gaming deals and other income from June 1, 2009, through June 1, 2010. Patterson's top standing includes his latest deal to pen 17 books by the end of 2012 for an estimated $100 million, and since he writes all his novels in longhand, he better get moving. Then again, I question the quality of his stories considering that's one novel every one month and 19 days.Mormon housewife masturbatory fantasy yarn spinner Stephanie Meyer, earned $40 million for all things related to rhe "Twilight" series. She had not release any new material during the survey. An actual, skilled author comes in in third - Stephen King, who earned $34 million, including $8 million from backlist sales. His last novel released in November sold over 600,000 copies.
Coming in fourth was romance writer Danielle Steel, who earned $32 million for her regurgitated Dynasty plotlines and erotic matrons, followed by British writer Ken Follett, whose "The Pillars of the Earth" was finally adapted into miniseries a short 21 years after publication. Follett notched $20 million.
Dean Koontz was sixth, taking in $18 million with "The Husband," which was just optioned for film, and while Janet Evanovich made $16 million for the "Stephanie Plum" romantic adventure book series. Romantic adventure? Is that where the woman has to climb a rope or swim before she has sex with a guy? Legal scribe John Grisham, romance writer Nicholas Sparks and "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, rounded out the top 10.
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