Author Stephenie Meyer, writer of the best-selling young adult Twilight books, has soared into the Forbes 2009 Celebrity 100 after an "astoundingly prolific year".
A new book by British author J.K. Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - which is her unofficial farewell to the adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter which made her the world's wealthiest writer, goes on sale on Thursday.
Children's author Eoin Colfer is to write a sixth novel in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, called And Another Thing..., seven years after the death of its creator Douglas Adams.
