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Originally posted by Lavindathar:
In the world????
I knew she was the wealthiest in Britain, but surely not the world.
What about Tolkien, Grisham, King???
Um, well, since Tolkien is dead, he obviously cannot be the wealthiest... [img]smile.gif[/img]
Also, writing for a living is not as profitable as you think. I think the main source of Rowling's income isn't the books themselves (though if she's smart she'll get enough income from them too) but the Harry Potter merchandise.
Hyped-up writers will probably make a decent enough living, but try and find out how many Booker Prize winners/Nobel prize for literature winners are actually millionaires. I think you'd find there are precious little of them.