For the year, Patterson earned 70 million dollars. As the magazine notes, the state of the writer can be significantly replenished by 2012. For two years, the author must write 11 works for adults and six books for children.
In second place in the ranking, Stephanie Meyer turned out to be popular thanks to the Twilight vampire novels series. Her books were shielded three times and translated more than 30 languages. More than 100 million copies of its novels sold in the world. Meier's condition for the year replenished 40 million dollars. Troika leaders closes Stephen King ($ 34 million), earned fees from the sale of their early works. Books about Harry Potter brought a popular British author Joan Rowling ten million dollars. It turned out to be only in the tenth of the ranking.
The top 10 most successful writers according to Forbes looks like this:
1. James Patterson (70 million dollars)
2. Stephanie Meyer (40 million dollars)
3. Stephen King (34 million dollars)
4. Daniel Stil (32 million dollars)
5. Ken Follett (20 million dollars)
6. Ding Kunz (18 million dollars)
7. Janet Ivanovich (17 million dollars)
8. John Grisham (15 million dollars)
9. Nicholas Sparks (14 million dollars)
10. Joan Rowling (10 million dollars).