Richest Authors

Harvey Lawrence Pekar was a US music critic, media personality and an underground comic writer who had a net worth of $12 Million. He is mainly known for his autobiographical comic series – American Splendor. In 2003, a movie was …

Bob Blumer is the host of Food Network’s “The Surreal Gourmet”, “World’s Weirdest Restaurants”, and “Glutton for Punishment”. His current net worth stands at $3 Million. He has built his wealth through television shows that has become extremely popular among …

Aaron McGruder born on 29th May 1974 is an American cartoonist and writer with a net worth of $10 Million. Born to an African-American family in Chicago, his parents enrolled him in a Jesuit school. He studied there till the …

American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist, Gore Vidal, has an estimated net worth of $12 million. The grandson of Oklahoma senator Thomas P. Gore, the controversial writer led a privileged, sheltered childhood. Often tiring of the expensive creature …

American non-fiction author and financial journalist, Michael Lewis, has an estimated net worth of $7.5 million. His bestselling books include The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Liar’s Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair …

American writer, Augusten Xon Burroughs, has an estimated net worth of $4 million. Burroughs is known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002). Burroughs was born Christopher Robison on October 23, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Burroughs’s …

American evangelical Christian minister and author, Rick Warren, has an estimated net worth of $14 million. Rick Warren earned his net worth through his ministry and many books he has written on Chrisitanity. He was born in San Jose, California …

American author of thriller novels, Nelson Richard DeMille has an estimated net worth of $25 million. Nelson DeMille’s many pen names such as Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, and Brad Matthews, which have helped earn his net worth. His novel The …

American writer and author, Terry Goodkind has an estimated net worth of $14 million. Terry Goodkind’s best-selling epic fantasy series ‘The Sword of Truth” has contributed greatly to his net worth. He was born in 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska, despite …

American writer, artist and academic, Audrey Niffenegger has an estimated net worth of $7.68 million. She is the author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Time Travellers and Her Fearful Symmetry. Audrey Niffenegger was born on June 13, 1963 in …

American game show contestant and author, Kenneth Wayne “Ken” Jennings III has an estimated net worth of $3 million.Ken Jennings holds the record for the most consecutive wins on Jeopardy!. He also holds the record for being the person to …

American author,Cecily von Ziegesar has an estimated net worth of $25 million.Best known for the young adult Gossip Girl books.While working at a book-packaging firm, Cecily von Ziegesar, formed the idea for a series of books based on her experiences …

American novelist, Christopher Paolini has an estimated net worth of $5 million.Christopher Paolini graduated from high school at age 15, and wrote his first novel shortly thereafter.The novel, “Eragon”, was mass market published four years later, became a bestseller, and …

The son of Dr. Phil,Jay McGraw has an estimated net worth of $12.5 million.He is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning syndicated series THE DOCTORS, as well as president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Stage 29 Productions. …

Hungarian-American writer, best known for his work on the pulp erotic films Basic Instinct and Showgirls,József A. “Joe” Eszterhas has an estimated net worth of $18 million. The Hungarian-born began his journalistic career as a reporter for Rolling Stone.In 1974, …

Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist,Toni Morrison has an estimated net worth of $24 million.Toni Morrison is a literary giant of the 1980s and 1990s, and all the more famous for being both a woman and an African-American.Her book …

American writer,James Christopher Frey has an estimated net worth of $4.5 million.After writing a controversial best seller, James Frey managed to keep information about his wife and daughter private. His books A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard …

Church: Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy Estimated net worth: $30 million – $50 million Last year, the charismatic preacher was at the center of a $35 million money laundering case in which he was accused of siphoning funds from …