James Patterson
James Patterson | |
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.jpg) Patterson in 2024 | |
| Born | James Brendan Patterson March 22, 1947 Newburgh, New York, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Manhattan College Vanderbilt University |
| Genre | Mystery, young adult fiction, thriller, comedy, realistic fiction, romance |
| Notable works | The Alex Cross series, the Women's Murder Club series, the Maximum Ride series, the Michael Bennett series, the Middle School series, the Treasure Hunters series, the I Funny series, the Jacky Ha-Ha series, the Private series, the Jacky Ha-Ha Graphic Novel series, and the Max Einstein series |
| Spouse | Susan Patterson |
| Children | Jack Patterson |
| Website | |
| www | |
James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author of fiction.
Patterson has written many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction and romance novels, as well as a number of series.
Among his fictional series are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard, Private series, the Middle School series, the Jacky Ha-Ha series, the Jacky Ha-ha Graphic Novel series, the Treasure Hunters series, the Max Einstein series, and the I Funnyseries. He has also penned the young adult seriesSci-Fi Junior High, the How to be a Supervillainseries, and theHouse of Robots series.
He has had many of his novels made into TV shows and movies, with his earliest film adaptation produced in the 1990s.
Patterson also has his own film studio, eponymously named James Patterson Entertainment.
James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. Patterson was the first person to sell 1 million e-books.
In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million. James Patterson's total income from the mid-2000s through 2016 was around $700 million.
He is the richest author of fiction in the world.
References
- ↑ "Author James Patterson giving $1M to independent bookstores". USA Today. February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ↑ First author to sell more than 1 million e-books:
On 6 July 2010, the Hachette Book Group announced that James Patterson (USA), creator of the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series of novels, was the first author to exceed one million sales in e-books, moving 1.14 million units of his books for devices like Kindle and the iPad. - ↑ Forbes’s highest-paid authors 2016 (in US dollars), The Guardian, 3 August 2016
- ↑ "James Patterson – The Richest Author in the World". notjustrich.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Other websites
- Official website
United States - Official website
United Kingdom - James Patterson Archived 2007-03-28 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Book List Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- James Patterson on IMDb
- "James Patterson". 10 Questions for. Time Magazine. July 5, 2010. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
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