The World’s Top-Earning Authors

Watch your back, James Patterson. Sleep with one eye open, Stephen King.

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, led by a trio of genre phenoms: Suzanne Collins, E.L. James and J.K. Rowling.

Forbes compiled a list of the top-earning authors that you can check out HERE.

Stephen King ranked second earning $39 million. It was a big year for the author as his time-travel book “11/22/63” and a new installment of his “Dark Tower” series, “The Wind Through The Keyhole” were released.

Published by Larry Fire

I write an eclectic pop culture blog called THE FIRE WIRE that features articles about books, comics, music, movies, television, gadgets, posters, toys & more!

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