1. JK Rowling – $300m (£170m)
2. James Patterson – $50m (£28m)
3. Stephen King – $45m (£25m)
4. Tom Clancy – $35m (£20m)
5. Danielle Steel – $30m (£17m)
6. John Grisham – $25m (£14m)
6. Dean Koontz – $25m (£14m)
8. Ken Follett – $20m (£11m)
9. Janet Evanovich – $17m (£10m)
10. Nicholas Sparks – $16m (£9m)

Source is the Beeb. Maybe I should stop worrying about having to get to job and just write shit fiction for millions of dollars a year. I suppose the first step in that direction would be to finish a novel. And the first step toward finishing a novel would be starting a novel.