"Her Twilight series has become such a juggernaut that despite not releasing a new title in 2009, she earned $40 million over the year. About $7 million of that came from movies adapted from the Twilight series," Forbes reports. In 2009, Twilight was released to DVD and The Twilight Saga: New Moon hit theaters.
Just below Stephenie Meyer on this list is Stephen King.
This isn't the first time Forbes has taken notice of Meyer's success. In 2009, she was #26 on the Forbes' Celebrity 100, and this year she was ranked 59th.
Meyer's successes with the Twilight series this year are also worth mentioning. She released the best-selling The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella this year, and it sky-rocketed to landmark sales right away. Because of the success of the book, $1 million (or more) was donated to the American Red Cross.
She's one of Amazon.com's best-selling authors of the decade, and it's been suggested that 2000-2009 was Stephenie Meyer's very own decade for success.
Looks like 2010-2019 won't be too shabby for this author, either.
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