“But as this list of the 25 most influential authors in entertainment proves, no one in the industry is laughing any more.”
Romantic fiction writer Nicholas Sparks, formerly a stalwart of the Hollywood Reporter’s list, fails to make the top 25 this year.
Alongside familiar entertainment royalty – JK Rowling, Stephen King and George RR Martin – a new report from the Hollywood Reporter calculates that EL James, Paula Hawkins and Patrick Ness have become three of the most powerful writers in Hollywood.
Those dragons get real big, you know”, is in fourth spot – behind James Patterson in third.