Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has been named the world's most highly paid author with earnings of ￡72m this year.
Rowling beat the likes of Dan Brown, Stephen King and John Grisham to top Forbes' list of the 10 highest earners in the global industry for the first time in almost 10 years.
The announcement comes soon after her legions of worldwide fans celebrated the 20th anniversary of her first installment of the boy wizard series.
She has written a further six Harry Potter titles, which have been turned into eight blockbuster feature films, and she last year made her screenwriting debut with a prequel movie, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
WORLD'S BEST PAID AUTHORS
1. JK Rowling (Harry Potter) - $95,000,000
2. James Patterson (Women's Murder Club) - $87,000,000
3. Jeff Kinney (Diary Of A Wimpy Kid) - $21,000,000
4. Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code) - $20,000,000
5. Stephen King (The Dark Tower) - $15,000,000
6. John Grisham (The Innocent Man) - $14,000,000
7. Nora Roberts (Year One) - $14,000,000
8. Paula Hawkins (The Girl On The Train) - $13,000,000
9. EL James (Fifty Shades Of Grey) - $11,500,000
10. Danielle Steel (The Duchess) - $11,000,000