Top-Earning Authors

Every year, Forbes announces the top-earning authors in the world. James Patterson, who heads this year's list, topped the list in 2015, 2014 and 2012, and EL James topped the list in 2013. These 14 writers earned $269 million over the last 12 months from their novels, with television and movie…

Every year, Forbes announces the top-earning authors in the world. James Patterson, who heads this year's list, topped the list in 2014 and 2012, and EL James topped the list in 2013 These 16 authors earned a combined $355 million between June 2014 and June 2015 before taxes or any fees.…

Forbes has announced the top-earning authors of 2014. John Green (The Fault in our Stars), Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and Veronica Roth (Divergent) make their first appearances on the list. It is worth noting that authors of the fantasy and science fiction genre, with a…

Forbes has announced their top-earning authors for 2013. EL James - $95m James Patterson - $91m Suzanne Collins  - $55m Bill O’Reilly - $28m Danielle Steel - $26m Jeff Kinney - $24m Janet Evanovich - $24m Nora Roberts - $23m Dan Brown - $22m Stephen…

Forbes released their annual list of the world’s highest earning authors on 10 August 2012. Men still top the list of the world’s highest-earning authors, but this year it’s the women on the list who’ve been making the boldest moves. Here are the Top 15.…