While you may not have a lot of inherent faith in their methodology, Forbes has released their new list of guesses at how much the most successful authors made over the 12 months ending June 1: James Patterson ($70 million)Stephenie Meyer ($40 million)Stephen King ($34 million)Danielle Steel ($32 million)Ken Follett ($20 million)Dean Koontz ($18 million)Janet Evanovich ($16 million)John Grisham ($15 million)Nicholas Sparks ($14 million)JK Rowling ($10 million) Forbes
