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同誌によると、ローリング氏は今年５月までの１年間で９５００万ドル（約１０５億円）を稼いだ。ローリング氏が首位に返り咲いた理由は、舞台劇「ハリー・ポッターと呪いの子」の脚本が書籍化されたこと。
２位は米人気スリラー小説家のジェームズ・パターソン氏（８７００万ドル）。３位は『グレッグのダメ日記シリーズ』 の作者であるジェフ・キニー氏（２１００万ドル）。４位は『ダヴィンチコード』のダン・ブラウン氏。５位は５５作目の本『エンド・オブ・ウォッチ』（End of Watch）を出したスティーブン・キング氏（１５００万ドル）となった。
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FILE - In this July 30, 2016 file photo, writer J.K. Rowling poses for photographers upon arrival at gala performance of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," in central London. Rowling has completed a series of short digital works, "Pottermore Presents," centered on the school where Potter and friends honed their magic. Three collections will be released Sept. 6 through Rowling’s Pottermore web site, pottermore.com.
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In this Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, author James Patterson poses for a portrait in New York. Employees at independent bookstores can look forward to another round of holiday bonuses from Patterson. The best-selling author told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, that he plans to distribute about $250,000, the same amount he gave last year. The gifts, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 per person, are based on nominations submitted by owners, managers, customers and others in the bookselling community.
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In this March 1, 2011 photograph, Jeff Kinney, author of the children's book series, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," responds to a reporter's question at his office in Boston.
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US writer Dan Brown poses in Amsterdam on January 8, 2014.
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© AP Photo / Elise Amendola
Novelist Stephen King gestures as he speaks to creative writing students at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell, Mass., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.
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© AP Photo / Joel Ryan
FILE - In this July 30, 2016 file photo, writer J.K. Rowling poses for photographers upon arrival at gala performance of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," in central London. Rowling has completed a series of short digital works, "Pottermore Presents," centered on the school where Potter and friends honed their magic. Three collections will be released Sept. 6 through Rowling’s Pottermore web site, pottermore.com.
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© AP Photo / Invision/ Taylor Jewell
In this Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, author James Patterson poses for a portrait in New York. Employees at independent bookstores can look forward to another round of holiday bonuses from Patterson. The best-selling author told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, that he plans to distribute about $250,000, the same amount he gave last year. The gifts, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 per person, are based on nominations submitted by owners, managers, customers and others in the bookselling community.
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© AP Photo / Gretchen Ertl
In this March 1, 2011 photograph, Jeff Kinney, author of the children's book series, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," responds to a reporter's question at his office in Boston.
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© AFP 2023 / Jerry Lampen
US writer Dan Brown poses in Amsterdam on January 8, 2014.
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© AP Photo / Elise Amendola
Novelist Stephen King gestures as he speaks to creative writing students at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell, Mass., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.
これより前、米俳優ジョージ・クルーニーが世界一の美男有名人と認定された。トップ10人のスターからなるランキングを組んだのはロンドンの美容整形センター。
