The earnings below are from sales made between May 2010 and April 2011.
#1 James Patterson: 84 million
- Alex Cross series
- Maximum Ride series
- Many, many, others
#2 Danielle Steel: 35 million
- Jewels, The Ghost, Matters of the Heart
#3 Stephen King: 28 million
- The Shining, Salem's Lot, It
#4 Janet Evanovich: 22 million
- Stephanie Plum
#5 Stephenie Meyer: 21 million
- Twilight Series
#6 Rick Riordan: 21 million
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
#7 Dean Koontz: 19 million
- Demon Seed, Strangers
#8 John Grisham: 18 million
- The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Runaway Jury
#9 Jeff Kinney: 17 million
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
#10 Nicholas Sparks: 16 million
- The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, A Walk to Remember
This information is based on these articles:
- Highest Paid Authors of 2011
- James Patterson brand makes him worlds best-paid writer
- James Patterson tops Forbes list of top-earning writers
