Forbes published a ranking of the highest paid authors Automatic translate

James Patterson came first in the ranking of the highest paid writers in the world, published in the new issue of Forbes magazine. Many experts and readers did not expect to see him there, but the figures speak for themselves - so Patterson earned $ 90 million over the year. Over the past ten years of creativity, the writer’s income amounted to about 700 million US dollars, which is also a record in modern literature.

James Patterson earned popularity among readers after writing a series of detective novels about detective Michael Bennet and inspector Alex Cross. The author gained fame among the female half of readers after the publication of the cycle of novels “Women’s Club for the Investigation of Murders”.

In second place on the Forbes list was the American writer Dan Brown, in 2013 he earned $ 28 million - 6 million more than last year. The top ten highest-paid writers on the planet also included Daniela Steele with a result of $ 22 million, Janet Ivanovich, who earned $ 20 million in 2013. Also on the list are 26-year-old Veronica Roth, who wrote the novel "Divergent" and the author of children’s books Jeff Keeney ($ 17 million), and the author of "legal thrillers" John Grisham and the "king of horrors" Stephen King, who earned 17 million each year. dollars honestly placed on the 8th and 9th place of the list. Joan Rowling closes the top ten most highly paid authors with 14 million annual income.

Svetlana Korableva © Gallerix.ru