Top 10 highest paid authors of 2011

5. Stephenie Meyer

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 544 pp.

Meyer, the author of the famed "Twilight" series, didn't actually publish anything this year, but she still managed to make $21 million. The "Twilight" series is still selling copy after copy of the four books in the series: "Twilight," "Eclipse," "New Moon," and "Breaking Dawn," along with a companion book to the series, "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner." The popularity of the books has been boosted immensely by the series of films based on "Twilight" – films to which you've probably been dragged by any teenage girl you're related to.

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