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The world's highest-earning authors in 2018

Writing their way to a fortune
Joint 10th: EL James
Joint 10th: EL James
Joint 10th: Rick Riordan
Joint 10th: Rick Riordan
Joint 8th: Nora Roberts
Joint 8th: Nora Roberts
Joint 8th: Danielle Steel
Joint 8th: Danielle Steel
7th: Michael Wolff
7th: Michael Wolff
Joint 5th: Dan Brown
Joint 5th: Dan Brown
Joint 5th: Jeff Kinney
Joint 5th: Jeff Kinney
4th: John Grisham
4th: John Grisham
3rd: Stephen King
3rd: Stephen King
2nd: JK Rowling
2nd: JK Rowling
1st: James Patterson
1st: James Patterson
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Writing their way to a fortune

Believe it or not, writing can make you rich. We count down the 11 best-selling authors between June 2017 and June 2018, according to Forbes, who together raked in a collective $283 million (£219m).
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04 March 2019

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