James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. 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 many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction, and romance novels. His books have sold more than 425 million copies, and he 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. His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.
In November 2015, Patterson received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation. Patterson has donated millions of dollars in grants and scholarship to various universities, teachers' colleges, independent bookstores, school libraries, and college students to promote literacy. source
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Alex Cross (Fictitious character), Michael Bennett (Fictitious character), Cory Friedman, Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Eric Van Lustbader, Howard Carter (1874-1939), Jeanne Marie Laskas (1958-), Lee child, Lindsay Boxer (Fictitious character), Lindsay Boxer (literarna junakinja), Royal family, Toutânkhamon roi d'Égypte, Tutankhamen King of Egypt, Yuki Castellano (literarna junakinja), christopher Rice, États-Unis Federal Bureau of InvestigationTime
20th century, 21e siècle, 1993-2001, 2014-, 21st century, Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C., Medieval period, 987-1515, Modern Times, New York, Siglo XXI, To 1500ID Numbers
- OLID: OL22258A
- ISNI: 0000000121238331
- VIAF: 22272314
- Wikidata: Q311671
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q311671
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- James Brendan Patterson
- James B. Patterson
- James Paterson; Chris Tebbetts
- James Paterson with Maxine Paetro
- james paterson
- James patterson
- Patterson, James, Grabenstein, Chris
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