自哈利?波特系列小說完結后，英國作家JK?羅琳去年又憑借《哈利?波特與被詛咒的孩子》舞臺劇、同名劇本出版物，及該系列衍生電影《神奇動物在哪里》在全世界再掀魔法熱潮，瘋狂吸金9500萬美元（約合人民幣6.38億元），也因此登上2017福布斯作家收入排行榜首位。這是近十年來她首次登頂。

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has been named the world's most highly paid author with earnings of ￡72m this year.
《哈利?波特》作者JK?羅琳被評為今年全球收入最高的作家，年收入7200萬英鎊。

Rowling beat the likes of Dan Brown, Stephen King and John Grisham to top Forbes' list of the 10 highest earners in the global industry for the first time in almost 10 years.
她擊敗丹?布朗、史蒂芬?金和約翰?格里森姆等人，近10年內首次登頂《福布斯》雜志評選的全球十大高薪作家排行榜。

The announcement comes soon after her legions of worldwide fans celebrated the 20th anniversary of her first installment of the boy wizard series.
在全世界眾多書迷歡慶哈利?波特系列小說第一部誕生20周年不久后，這則消息便隨之而來。

She has written a further six Harry Potter titles, which have been turned into eight blockbuster feature films, and she last year made her screenwriting debut with a prequel movie, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
羅琳還為哈利?波特系列創作了另外6部小說，并將它們拍成8部賣座大片。2016年由她首次擔任編劇的哈利?波特前傳電影《神奇動物在哪里》上映。

On Wednesday it was announced that the smash-hit stage play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will move to Broadway next year.
2日有消息宣布，大受歡迎的舞臺劇《哈利?波特與被詛咒的孩子》將于2018年登上百老匯舞臺。

The mother-of-three, 52, first began writing about the wizarding world while struggling to make ends meet living as a single mother on benefits in Edinburgh.
現年52歲的羅琳是三個孩子的母親。這位來自愛丁堡的單親媽媽開始創作哈利?波特魔法世界時，要靠領救濟金才能勉強維持生計。

The books' popularity soon made her a multi-millionaire and she has since released several other novels, founded children's charity Lumos, and amassed more than 11 million Twitter followers keen to keep track of her regularly shared thoughts on political and social issues.
《哈利?波特》小說的走紅讓她迅速成為百萬富翁。此后她又發表了數部小說，創辦了兒童慈善機構Lumos，并收獲了1100多萬熱衷于關注她動態的推特粉絲，她經常在推特上分享對政治及社會問題的看法。

Aside from Rowling, the US business magazine's list also includes British authors Paula Hawkins and EL James - whose respective novels The Girl On The Train and 50 Shades Of Grey have both been turned into major movies in recent years - while the others are all American.
除羅琳之外，上榜的英國作家還有《火車上的女孩》的作者保拉?霍金斯和《五十度灰》的作者El?杰姆斯，這兩部小說近年來都被拍成大片。榜單上的其他作家均來自美國。

List organizers added that Game Of Thrones creator George RR Martin, The Fault In Our Stars writer John Green and Divergent trilogy author Veronica Roth, just failed to make the top 10.
制作榜單的《福布斯》雜志還表示，《權力的游戲》作者喬治?RR?馬丁，《星運里的錯》作者約翰?格林，以及《分歧者》三部曲作者維羅尼卡?羅斯均未能進入榜單前10名。

WORLD'S BEST PAID AUTHORS
全球高薪作家排行榜

1. JK Rowling (Harry Potter) - $95,000,000
JK?羅琳《哈利?波特》—— 6.38億元

2. James Patterson (Women’s Murder Club) - $87,000,000
詹姆斯?帕特森《女子謀殺俱樂部》—— 5.84億元

3. Jeff Kinney (Diary Of A Wimpy Kid) - $21,000,000
杰夫?金尼《小屁孩日記》—— 1.41億元

4. Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code) - $20,000,000
丹?布朗《達芬奇密碼》—— 1.34億元

5. Stephen King (The Dark Tower) - $15,000,000
史蒂芬?金《黑塔》——1億元

6. John Grisham (The Innocent Man) - $14,000,000
約翰?格里森姆《善良的男人》—— 9400萬元

7. Nora Roberts (Year One) - $14,000,000
諾拉?羅伯茨《第一年》—— 9400萬元

8. Paula Hawkins (The Girl On The Train) - $13,000,000
寶拉?霍金斯《火車上的女孩》—— 8700萬元

9. EL James (Fifty Shades Of Grey) - $11,500,000
EL?詹姆斯《五十度灰》—— 7700萬元

10. Danielle Steel (The Duchess) - $11,000,000
丹尼爾?斯蒂爾《公爵夫人》—— 7400萬元

英文來源：每日郵報
翻譯&編輯：董靜
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