Forbes has made a rating of the richest writers in the world.
First place was taken by the author of a series of books about adventures of Harry Potter, which is absolutely not surprising. So, JK Rowling has become the richest writer informed.
In 2016, she earned $ 19 million. In addition to the profits from book sales last year came the film adaptation of her work “Fantastic beasts and their habitats”, as well as Rowling was involved in the creation of the play “Harry Potter and the cursed child”.
Second place went to novelist Nora Roberts, who got rich on $ 15 million.
With the same income in the third place was Danielle steel. Place in this ranking was for the author of the erotic trilogy “Fifty shades of grey” Erika Leonard James, whose books still buy and read, and which allowed to make a woman $ 14 million.
The fifth place ranking of the richest writers went to Hawkins Field, who wrote the detective story “the Girl on the train” and running in 2016, $ 10 million.
But in the ranking of the highest paid authors, which included women and men, 17 women took 6th.
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