From: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 2:38 PM
To: Michael Wolff
Subject: Re: Forbes released today the 2016 list of the World’s Highest-Paid Authors

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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Michael Wolff <██████████████████<mailto:██████████████████>
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FYI

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From: Kwok, Crys=al <████████████<mailto:████████████> >
Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Subject: Forbes relea=ed today the 2016 list of the World’s Highest-Paid Authors
To: =br>

Hi,

Forbes released today the 2016 list of the World's Highest-Pa=d Authors. These 13 wordsmiths earned a combined $269 million over the past 12 months. James Patt=rson topped our list for the third straight year, earning $95 million,=while children's author Jeff Kinney ("Diary of a Wimpy Kid") placed a distant seco=d, earning $19.5 million. The only newcomer is Paula Hawkins ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and="Gone Girl") with $10 million earnings.

The 2016 World’s Highest-Paid Authors are:<=p>

1. James Patterson $95 mil
2. Jeff Kinney $19.5 mil
3. J.K. Rowling $19 mil
4. John Grisham $18 mil
5. Stephen King $15 mil
5. Danielle Steel $15 mil

5. Nora Roberts $15 mil

8. E.L. James $14 mil

9. Veronica Roth $10 mil </=pan>9. John Green $10 mil

9. Paula Hawkins $10 mil

12. George R.R. Martin $9.5 mil<=pan style="color:#333333">

12. Dan Brown $9.5 mil

12. Rick Riordan $9.5 mil=/span>

For more information, please visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/03/the-worlds-highest-p=id-authors-2016-james-patterson-jeff-kinney-and-j-k-rowling-top-ranking/#1=a40cf52186 <http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/03/the-world=-highest-paid-authors-2016-james-patterson-jeff-kinney-and-j-k-rowling-top=ranking/#16a40cf52186>

We ask that you please not list more th=n 5 authors consecutively and to include a link back to Forbes.com in any =nline cover. Please let me know if you would like to speak with an e=itor to discuss the list.

Best,

Crystal

Crystal Kwok

Forbes Media Corporate Communications

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