Incredible authors like James Patterson and Stephen King are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, JK Rowling is even worth over $1 Billion. So much for the starving author idea these fictional creative geniuses have captured the world’s imagination with titles like ‘Along Came a Spider’, ‘The Shining’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Jump to:Top 21 Richest Authors Of All Time 2020 →