Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been named as the ninth highest celebrity earner of 2005 by US magazine Forbes.

Forbes estimated that Rowling earned �45million in 2005�that averages out at �77 every single minute!!!

Hannah Clarke of Forbes said of Rowling: �If you want to keep on making money in the long term you need a winning franchise and JK Rowling is proof of that.�

The top ten Celebrity Pay Packets looked like this:

1. Steven Spielberg �180million
2. Howard Stern �163million
3. George Lucas �127million
4. Oprah Winfrey �122million
5. Jerry Seinfeld �54million
6. Tiger Woods �49million
7. Dan Brown �48million
8. Jerry Bruckheimer �45million
9. JK Rowling �41million
10. Dick Wolf �38million

Rowling is currently writing the seventh and final instalment of the Harry Potter series.