No points for guessing who tops Forbes‘ list of best paid authors (answer here). Also rans include an author who’s guest-starred on The Simpsons, Maine’s scariest citizen, and the man with the world’s largest collection of aviator glasses and flight jackets.

Honorable Mention goes to Ken Follett whose Oprah-blessed novel Pillars of the Earth got him on the list–even though he didn’t even come out with a new book in the past year.–David E