The Hollywood Reporter has released its list of the 25 most powerful authors in Hollywood.
J.K. Rowling, George R.R. Martin and Margaret Atwood were among those influential writers that made the list. Here is more from The Hollywood Reporter:
Hollywood is rife with jokes about writers — and the punchline of all of them is how powerless they are. But as this list of the 25 most influential authors in entertainment proves, no one in the industry is laughing anymore. “The demand for creators and underlying material has never been stronger,” says Howie Sanders, UTA partner and co-head of the book department, of the race to acquire the rights to books and magazine articles for film and TV.