Forbes' list of top-earning authors

Forbes have released their annual list of the world's top-earning authors:

1. James Patterson (and his assorted minions) - $94 million
2. Stephen King - $39 million
3. Janet Evanovich - $33 million
4. John Grisham - $26 million
5. Jeff Kinney - $25 million
6. Bill O'Reilly - $24 million
7. Nora Roberts - $23 million
8. Danielle Steele - $23 million
9. Suzanne Collins - $20 million
10. Dean Koontz - $19 million
11. J.K. Rowling - $17 million
12. George R.R. Martin - $15 million
13. Stephanie Meyer - $14 million
14. Ken Follet - $14 million
15. Rick Riordan - $13 million

Hmmm, even though GRRM's entire ASOIAF backlist has remained in the top 20 of the NYT bestseller list for the better part of 2011 and ADWD has been on the bestseller list since the day it was published, GRRM came in at number 12.

Then again, many of these authors have backlists comprised of so many titles that it's not all that surprising. . .

Still, 15 million dollars is quite awesome! =)