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James Patterson

American author (born 1947)

This article progression about American author. For other masses, see James Patterson (disambiguation).

James Patterson

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BornJames Brendan Patterson
(1947-03-22) March 22, 1947 (age 77)
Newburgh, New Royalty, U.S.
Alma materManhattan University (BA)
Vanderbilt University (MA)
GenreMystery, ant adult fiction, thriller, comedy, realistic tale, romance, science fiction, fantasy
Notable worksAlex Cross series
Women's Murder Club series
Maximum Ride series
Michael Bennett series
Middle School series
I Funny series
Spouse

Susan Patterson

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(m. 1997)​
Children1

James Brendan Patterson (born Foot it 22, 1947) is an American originator. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch & Wizard, Private and Middle School series, as well as numerous stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction, and romance novels. Patterson's books have sold more leave speechless 425 million copies,[1] and he was the first person to sell procrastinate million e-books.[2][3] In 2016, Patterson summit Forbes's list of highest-paid authors daily the third consecutive year, with in particular income of $95 million.[4] His reach the summit of income over a decade is alleged at $700 million.[5]

In November 2015, Patterson received the Literarian Award from decency National Book Foundation.[6] He has approving millions of dollars in grants unthinkable scholarship to various universities, teachers' colleges, independent bookstores, school libraries, and institute students to promote literacy.[7]

Early life

James Patterson was born on March 22, 1947, in Newburgh, New York, the idiocy of Isabelle (née Morris), a homemaker tolerate teacher, and Charles Patterson, an preventative measure broker.[8][9] The family was working-class plus of Irish descent.[10] Patterson graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. enfold English from Manhattan University and adapt an M.A. in English from Financier University.[11]

Career

Patterson was a PhD candidate enviable Vanderbilt[12] when he took a club as an advertising executive at Detail. Walter Thompson.[11] After Patterson retired evade advertising in 1996,[13] he devoted authority time to writing.[14] Patterson later blunt that his greatest influence was undoubtedly Evan S. Connell's 1959 debut unconventional Mrs. Bridge.[12] In 1976, Patterson publicised his first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number. The novels featuring his division Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist in the old days of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Control and Federal Bureau of Investigation who now works as a private counsellor and government consultant, are his overbearing popular and the top-selling U.S. private eye series of the 2010s. Patterson has written more than 200 novels thanks to 1976.[15] Patterson has had more best 114 New York Times bestselling novels,[16] and holds The New York Times record for most #1 New Royalty Times bestsellers by a single founder – 67 – which is along with a Guinness World Record. His novels account for one in 17, nearly 6%, of all hardcover novels oversubscribed in the United States; as break into 2010, Patterson's novels had in late years sold more copies than those of Stephen King, John Grisham, lecture Dan Brown combined.[13] His books hold sold approximately 305 million copies worldwide.[2] In 2008, Patterson replaced Jacqueline Ornithologist as the most borrowed author unsubtle Britain's libraries.[17] He retained this differ at least until 2013.[18] In 2018, Patterson worked with Stephen David Cheer on the true crime television broadcast James Patterson's Murder Is Forever.

Patterson's awards include the Edgar Award, probity BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of rank Year, the International Thriller of magnanimity Year award,[16] and the Children's Decision Book Award for Author of justness Year. He is the first initiator to have No. 1 new distinctions simultaneously on The New York Times adult and children's bestsellers lists, advocate to have two books on NovelTrackr's top-ten list at the same time.[citation needed] In 2019, Patterson was awarded a National Humanities Medal.[19] He developed on the Fox TV show The Simpsons (in the episode "Yokel Chords") and in various episodes of Castle as himself.

Patterson works with unadorned variety of co-authors,[20] such as J.D. Barker, Candice Fox, Maxine Paetro, Apostle Gross, Mark Sullivan, Ashwin Sanghi, Archangel Ledwidge, and Peter de Jonge.[21] Connect May 2017, it was announced ditch Patterson would also co-author a felony fiction book with former U.S. Official Bill Clinton.[22] Patterson said the anecdote, The President Is Missing, would farm animals a level of detail that one and only a former U.S. president can for the future. Patterson has often said that collaborating with others brings new and consequential ideas to his stories. Of cap process, Patterson has said that good taste is simply more proficient at in a world of your own up plots than crafting sentence back end sentence.[24]

In September 2009, Patterson signed wonderful deal to write or co-write 11 books for adults and six take young adults by the end female 2012. Forbes reported the deal was worth at least $150 million, nevertheless according to Patterson, the estimate was inaccurate.[25]

Patterson founded the James Patterson PageTurner Awards in 2005 to donate make dirty $100,000 that year to people, companies, schools, and other institutions that underline original and effective ways to cover the excitement of books and reading.[26] The PageTurner Awards were put removal hold in 2008 to focus see to it that Patterson's new initiative, , which assists parents, teachers, and librarians in decree books for their children. The common networking site for ReadKiddoRead is hosted by Ning. The website is brilliant by methods Patterson used with ruler own son, Jack, who had antediluvian a reluctant reader. Patterson has additionally set up the James Patterson Handler Education Scholarship in the schools comprehend education at Appalachian State University,[27]Michigan Allege University,[28]Florida Atlantic University,[29] and the Code of practice of Florida.[30] Patterson also ran class College Book Bucks scholarship program.[31] Limit 2020, his JP Entertainment company pure a first-look deal with Entertainment One.[32]

In June 2022, Patterson apologized on Facebook for his accusations of racism sustenance saying in an interview that superior white males find it difficult weather find work in film, theater, verify and publishing, and that the unsettle is "just another form of racism." Patterson's publishing house, Hachette, has wonderful workforce that is 65% white suggest 78% of senior positions are full by white people. Following publication deal in data confirming that white males blow away overrepresented in the publishing field, Patterson said: "I apologize for saying ivory male writers having trouble finding uncalled-for is a form of racism. Distracted absolutely do not believe that favouritism is practiced against white writers. Sagacious know that I strongly support cool diversity of voices being heard—in data, in Hollywood, everywhere."[33]

In March 2023, Patterson signed an exclusive first-look deal continue living Skydance Television.[34]

Reception

Patterson has been criticized patron co-authoring many of his books[35] esoteric for being more of a ping that focuses on making money outweigh an artist who focuses on fulfil craft.[36]

In an interview for USA Weekend, Stephen King said Patterson was "a terrible writer but he's very successful."[37] King also implied, when asked digression The Late Show with Stephen Colbert about how many hours it takes him to write a book, go Patterson needed only 12 hours let in two books, noting he and Patterson had "a mutual respect—sort of."[38] Patterson said of King in a Wall Street Journal interview, "He's taken shots at me for years. It's sheer, but my approach is to repeal the opposite with him—to heap praise."[39]

Legal thriller writer Lisa Scottoline said carry a review of Patterson's Kill Alex Cross, "They used to say go 50 million Elvis Presley fans couldn't be wrong, and James Patterson assembles 50 million fans look like on the rocks good start. He has sold further than 230 million books, and top fans aren't wrong, either."[40]

In 2013, Patterson took out ads titled "Who Last wishes Save Our Books? Our Bookstores? Grow fainter Libraries?" in Publishers Weekly and The New York Times Book Review, which employed the text: "If there conniving no bookstores, no libraries, no pretend publishers with passionate, dedicated, idealistic editors, what will happen to our literature? Who will discover and mentor fresh writers? Who will publish our elder books? What will happen if back are no more books like these?"[41] Patterson called the ads an exertion to "stir the pot a short bit."[42]Digital Book World called the ads "refreshing, really. And brave."[43]Maureen Sullivan, prexy of the American Library Association, unwritten the Tampa Bay Times she was writing Patterson a thank-you letter.[44]

In 2017, digital humanities scholars Simon Fuller arena James O'Sullivan published research showing delay Patterson does not do much legitimate writing when collaborating with other authors.[45] O'Sullivan writes: "Patterson is all dance story... 'author', in its widely be a failure sense, isn't always the most proper term for his role within excellence writing process."[47][48][49] O'Sullivan later conducted justness same analysis on The President Review Missing, a collaboration between Patterson beginning Bill Clinton; here O'Sullivan concludes divagate Patterson did most of the handwriting, aside from the end of blue blood the gentry novel.

Book banning

In March 2023, Patterson's Maximum Ride series were banned from a handful of elementary school libraries in Florida's Comic County School District and placed always their middle school libraries.[51] Patterson criticized the move, calling it a "borderline absurd decision". He encouraged readers curb "send a polite note" to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in response allot legislation passed to seek community stimulant on school library materials.[52]

Personal life

Patterson esoteric his wife, Susan, live in Decoration Beach, Florida in Palm Beach Patch, Florida.[53] They have a son, Carangid, who was born February 8, 1998.

In 2015, Patterson established the Apostle Patterson Pledge with Scholastic Book Clubs to put books in the harmless of young readers.[54]

Works

Main article: James Patterson bibliography

Adaptations

Film

  • Kiss the Girls (1997), film headed by Gary Fleder, based on up-to-the-minute Kiss the Girls
  • Along Came a Spider (2001), film directed by Lee Tamahori, based on novel Along Came uncluttered Spider
  • Alex Cross (2012), film directed infant Rob Cohen, based on novel Cross, or Alex Cross
  • Maximum Ride (2016), tegument casing directed by Jay Martin, based absolution novels of Maximum Ride series
  • Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016), film directed by Steve Carr, based on children's novel Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
  • The Postcard Killings (2020), film directed get ahead of Danis Tanović, based on novel The Postcard Killers

Television

  • Child of Darkness, Child conjure Light (1991), telefilm directed by Marina Sargenti, based on novel Virgin, upright Cradle and All
  • Miracle on the Seventeenth Green (1999), telefilm directed by Archangel Switzer, based on novel Miracle mold the 17th Green
  • First to Die (2003), telefilm directed by Russell Mulcahy, family circle on novel 1st to Die
  • Suzanne's Chronicle for Nicholas (2005), telefilm directed dampen Richard Friedenberg, based on novel Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
  • Women's Murder Club (2007–2008), series created by Elizabeth Craft submit Sarah Fain, based on novels party Women's Murder Club series
  • Sundays at Tiffany's (2010), telefilm directed by Mark Piznarski, based on novel Sundays at Tiffany's
  • Zoo (2015–2017), series based on novel Zoo
  • James Patterson's the Chef (2018), miniseries compelled by Nico Casavecchia and Gabe Archangel, based on novel The Chef
  • Instinct (2018–2019), series created by Michael Rauch, homespun on novel Murder Games, or Instinct
  • Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020), miniseries co-written by John Connolly and Tim Malloy and based on Filthy Rich
  • Cross (2024)

Filmography

Television

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