Forbes Highest Paid Authors List

James Patterson ($84 million)

Danielle Steel ($35 million)

Stephen King ($28 million)

Janet Evanovich ($22 million)

Stephenie Meyer ($21 million)

Rick Riordan ($21 million)

Dean Koontz ($19 million)

John Grisham ($18 million)

Jeff Kinney ($17 million)

Nicholas Sparks ($16 million)

Ken Follett ($14 million)

Suzanne Collins ($10 million)

J.K. Rowling ($5 million)