Who is the highest paid writer?

Forbes just released its annual list of the world's highest-paid authors, and together they earned a whopping $269 million over the last 12 months. Topping the list—no surprises here—is James Patterson, whose fiercely prolific output has made the 69-year-old one of the world's bestselling author with more than 350 million books sold. read more

Watch On Forbes: Notably, nearly half of the world's highest-paid authors are women. This year, Veronica Roth of the Divergent trilogy left our ranks, but five female authors kept their places on the list. read more