Writers know that being a writer is not a lucrative career path. With the very rare exception of hitting the jackpot, generally writers can live comfortably but not luxuriously. A few writers have definitely made it that I know: JK Rowling is probably top-of-mind for a lot of people in this regard, and another famous one would be Stephen King. However, there are cases in which an author can make a fortune off of a singular work, and live off the royalties of that. And Salman Rushdie is that one author, with his book Satanic Verses.
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Recently, Salman Rushdie has been on the news for the attempt on his life, but along with that, some people online have gathered that his net worth is around $10 to $15 million, off of his most controversial novel, and one of the banned books in America. If you want to learn more about the circumstances of how one book earned Rushdie $2 million on the first year of its release, read more about it on Sports Keeda.
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Source: neatorama