The UK's Most Profitable Authors

Can you name the all-time most profitable authors in terms of UK sales (as of 2012)?

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PositionAuthorBook Sales
1£237.6m
2£126.4m
3£100.7m
4£93.5m
5£83m
6£82m
7£74.6m
8£69.5m
9£67.6m
10£64.4m
11£62.1m
12£58.4m
13£56.9m
14£55m
15£52.9m
16£50.9m
17£50.7m
18£48.7m
19£48.5m
20£46.7m
21£45m
22£43.2m
23£42.8m
24£41.5m
25£39.7m
PositionAuthorBook Sales
26£39.4m
27£38.6m
28£37.5m
29£37.5m
30£35.5m
31£35.4m
32£34.9m
33£34.5m
34£34m
35£33m
36£32.8m
37£32.1m
38£31.5m
39£31.4m
40£31.4m
41£30.6m
42£29.6m
43£29.3m
44£28.7m
45£28.5m
46£26.9m
47£26.8m
48£26.4m
49£26.2m
50£25.8m
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  • The Bookseller magazine's list of the most profitable authors in the UK (in terms of book sales) since records began, from 1998 up to the list's publication in 2012. These authors were not necessarily born in UK.
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