17 highest-earning authors of 2014

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10. James Patterson

Author of the "Alex Cross" and "Michael Bennett" series, this prolific fiction writer pens about 14 books per year and has earned an estimated $90 million in the last 12 months, making him the top-earning author of 2014. He has sold more than 300 million books since he began writing in 1976, bringing his total career earnings to $700 million over the last decade, according to Forbes

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