of their books in educational and/or public libraries. These days, many authors supplement their income from book sales with public speaking engagements, school visits, residencies, grants, and teaching positions. Ghostwriters, technical writers, and textbooks writers are typically paid in a different way: usually a set fee or a per word rate rather than on a percentage of sales. In the year 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 130,000 people worked in the U.S. as authors making an average of $61,240 per year. See also Lead author Academic authorship Authors' editor Writing Distributive writing Professional writing Composition (language) Auteur Writer Poet Novelist Lists of writers Lists of poets List of novelists Lesser-known authors References Writing occupations Literary criticism