The World’s Top 10 Earning Authors

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No.  5 Danielle Steel — $26 million

Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is considered to be one of the fourth bestselling authors of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. She has produced more than one book per year, featuring love stories, with some dark element, such as a family crisis, a fraud, blackmailing or suicide. Her books have been translated into 28 languages, and had 22 books adapted for television. She has earned more than $26 million for her best-selling book. Steel also writes children’s fiction and poetry.

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