The annual "most powerful" pages of Forbes magazine are usually reserved for actors and red carpet celebrities, corporate moguls and fashionistas. However, given the gargantuan success of The Twilight Saga and the movies Twilight and New Moon starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, this year Stephenie Meyer, the slightly reclusive author of the Twilight Saga, has been added to the Forbes list, with a ranking of #26 on the list of heavy influential real life Twilight hitters.
Making the Forbes list is no small feat for one of the most famous authors of the decade since the Meyer penned Twilight Saga, which includes Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, has quickly become one of the most successful and lucrative novel-turned-film franchises in recent years, extending into merchandise and clothing plus a variety of other profitable areas of the pop-culture landscape.
In November of 2008, the first Stephenie Meyer conceptualized film, Twilight, was released to a fan base that gives the Beatles of the 1960s a run for their money. Twilight, New Moon and The Twilight Saga literally give new meaning to the term “rabid” fans. Thanks to the overwhelming success of both Twilight novels for Twilight and New Moon, merchandise, and possibly even a space craft, Stephenie Meyer went from suburban mom to overnight celebrity to #26 on the Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities list. In 2008 Meyer released both Breaking Dawn and the Host for publication. After the tally was drawn, Stephenie Meyer raked in over $50 million in Twilight bucks last year, which isn’t too bad for someone who never intended for their Twilight Saga work to be read beyond the New Moon of her own living room.
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