J.K. Rowling has once again been listed on Forbe's annual billionaire list with a new worth of $1 billion. Jo is listed among the Celebrity Billionaires, and is the only author on the list.
Once a single mother living on welfare in a cold-water flat in Edinburgh, Scotland, Rowling is now the only billionaire author on our list. The seventh and last installment of her wildly successful Harry Potter series was released last July to throngs of rabid fans who made it the fastest-selling book of all time. More than 11 million copies were sold in the first 24 hours. Feeding the Potter hype machine: The film version of the fifth book came out the same month.
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