Who Is the Highest Paid Author?

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Richest Authors in the World

  • JK Rowling: with a net worth of $1 billion
  • Dan Brown: with a net worth of $178 million
  • Jeff Kinney: made his name with his "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series
  • Stephenie Meyer: found success with her young adult "Twilight" series
  • James Patterson: tops the list of highest-paid authors
  • Agatha Christie: holds the Guinness World Record for the best-selling fiction writer
  • Elisabeth Badinter: the richest author with a net worth of $1.7 billion

Top-Selling Authors

  • Agatha Christie: best-selling novelist of all time
  • James Patterson: world’s best-selling author since 2001
  • Danielle Steel: the #1 best-selling author alive
  • William Shakespeare: the best-selling author of all time

Best-Selling Fiction Authors of All Time

  1. William Shakespeare
  2. Agatha Christie

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