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Nick Hornby, an English, lyricist, author, and essayist, has an estimated net worth of $22 million. His wealth was primarily acquired from the books he has written such as Fever Pitch, About a Boy, High Fidelity, Lonely Avenue, and Speaking with an Angel. His work has mainly been focused on sports and music. He has sold an excess of 5 million copies of his books which have contributed greatly to his wealth.
He was born on April 17th 1957 in Redhill Surrey in England, but was raised and schooled in Maidenhead. The first book he ever published was Fever Pitch, a sports autobiography which lead him to receive the Sports Book of the Year Award from William Hall. He later began to publish articles in the Time Out, Sunday Times and Times Literary Supplement and did music reviews for the New Yorker. He has donated part of his money to a children charity for children with Autism called TreeHouse.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Book Sales |
Sales of Nick Hornby's books (approximately 5 million copies sold) |
$75,000,000 |
|
2008 |
Royalties |
Estimated earnings from Hornby's 9 novels (5 million copies) |
$500,000 |
|
2002 |
Book Sales |
Sales of the book High Fidelity (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$12,830,000 |
|
1998 |
Book Sales |
Sales of the book About A Boy (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$11,990,000 |