Top 5 highly paid writers in 2018

The most highly paid writers have earned together approximately $283m in 2018 and sold near 24,5 m copies of their books just in the USA.
Fifth place
Jeffrey Kinney is American game creator, cartoonist and children`s books author. “Diary of a Wimpy kid” is the most famous his book which has a few sequels.
There is a film based on the book which released in 2010, it got two sequels. Kinney is a founder of children`s website called Poptropica. The man has earned $18,5 m.
Fourth place
John Ray Grisham is from the USA like the previous author in our list. The novelist is famous because of his legal thrillers, and what is important that his books have been translated into 42 languages around the world.
His first work, the book called “A time to kill”, was published in 1988 and his second book “The Firm” became a bestseller. Grisham`s income is $21 m in the current year.
Third place
Stephen King is American author who works with different literary genres including thriller, horror, fantasy, mystic, and drama. His fans call him "The King of Horror".
There are near 350 m his books have been sold around the world. Also, we can find many films, comics, and TV series based on his creativity.
The author's last novel called Elevation was published on October 30. King made $27m in 2018.
Second place
Joanne Rowling is a British author, script-writer and movie producer, but she is still the most famous by her “Harry Potter”. The story about magicians has already sold over half a billion copies.
She had announced a new book called Lethal White in March 2017 and the novel was published on September 18, 2018. The woman earned approximately $54m in 2018.
First place
James Patterson is an American writer and his favorite genres are detective and thriller. Among his works, the most famous is the Alex Cross series.
It should be noted, that Patterson led Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third in order year, with an income of $95 million. And his current income is impressive too, the man has earned $86m in 2018.
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