It was revealed that JK rowling the author of the famous Harry Potter has earned £3million on a weekly basis in the last year, it was revealed yesterday. The final installment in the 7-part series of Harry Potter pushed the author sakes to its record peek. Would you believe that JK Rowling who is struggling 10 years ago being a single mother on benefits, now has a wealth of more than £560 million.
The book has sold more than 375 million books all over the global market is at the core of of a multi-billion pound film and marketing company. With this outstanding achievement, Forbes magazine has crowned JK Rowling as the world’s best paid author with her £160 million income was far more than the next bestselling authors put together.
Aside from her earnings with her Harry Potter books, she also gets a cut of income from the movies which gave her £2.1billion at the box office. The famous author also received cash from merchandising such as clothes, toys and sweets.
TOP 10 AUTHORS
1. J.K. Rowling £160 m
2. James Patterson £26.7m
3. Stephen King £24m
4. Tom Clancy £18.7m
5. Danielle Steel £16m
6. John Grisham £13m
7. Dean Koontz £13m
8. Ken Follett £10.6m
9. Janet Evanovich £9m
10. Nicholas Sparks £8.5m
