Last August I ran this quiz about the highest paid authors and now the new numbers are in. These rankings are based on their total estimated income (books, movies…) from May 2030-April 2011.  I’m giving you 15 authors and you need to rank the top 13 in order.  The extra 2 are just ones I added to keep it interesting.  Only 3 authors have the same spot as last year and if you get those three correct you’ll get  a few extra points (so go ahead and look at last year’s quiz).  Each correct answer is worth 7.5 points.

I hope everyone will give this one a try.  It’s more fun the more people who play 🙂  And you only need to play once to win a prize!

No cheating.  No googling or looking at other commenter answers.  Yes, we’re going by the honor system     Your first answers will be the only ones accepted.  Play every week or just one time, you are always welcome   It only takes once to be eligible for a prize.

1. James Patterson $84 million

2. Danielle Steel  &35 million

3. Stephen King  $28 million

4. Janet Evanovich  $22 million

5. Stephenie Meyer  $ 21 million

6. Rick Riordan  $ 21 million

7. Dean Koontz  $ 19 million

8. John Grisham  $18 million

9. Jeff Kinney  $17 million

10. Nicholas Sparks $16 million

11. Ken Follet  $14 million

12. Suzanne Collins  $10 million

13. JK Rowling  $5 million

Michael Connelly

Charlaine Harris

Leaderboard and details here.  Last week’s What book is that? Quiz here.