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  About James Patterson | The Official James Patterson Web Site
Patterson also captured the minds of young and old readers alike in 2005 by delving into the world of flight and fantasy with his first-ever series for teens, Maximum Ride.
Patterson was awarded the 2004 Readers' Digest Readers' Choice Award and is the recent winner of the BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year Award (2003).
James Patterson, a native of Newburgh, New York, graduated summa cum laude from Manhattan College and summa cum laude from The Graduate School at Vanderbilt University.
www.jamespatterson.com /about.html   (890 words)

  
  BookPage Interview June 2000: James Patterson
Patterson, best known for his Alex Cross thrillers, has ventured into an area few mainstream authors have attempted: spiritual millennial fiction.
Patterson recently talked to BookPage about the genesis of this novel and his own development as a writer.
James Patterson: Well, it's a little like When the Wind Blows in that there's a little bit of the spiritual in it, a little bit of the supernatural.
www.bookpage.com /0006bp/james_patterson.html   (932 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: James Patterson
Patterson shrugged off the comments, stating that he wants to be the "thrillingest thriller writer of all time".
James Patterson was even named "the man who can't miss" in Times.
Patterson has said that The Jester is his favorite book because it is set during a time when life was truly thrilling: the holy Crusades, romance between royalty and commoners, and epic battles.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Patterson   (2538 words)

  
 James H. Patterson
Patterson has extensive patent practice experience in both the mechanical and electrical arts, as well as intellectual property litigation experience in state and federal courts.
Patterson is a past chairperson for the Volunteer Lawyers Network, has been honored as Volunteer of the Year, and continues his support of this organization.
Patterson is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association.
www.ptslaw.com /attorneys/patterson.htm   (233 words)

  
 Authors on the Web - James Patterson
Before becoming one of the world's top-selling novelists, James Patterson's ambition in life was to become a professional basketball player; unfortunately, he wasn't tall or fast enough.
Patterson's fans are certainly grateful for this decision, because he has since written more than 20 novels and has made numerous appearances on bestseller lists.
Patterson feels that it's an easier way to read; he's looking to catapult his stories forward and believes that readers can better visualize the events that are transpiring on the pages.
www.authorsontheweb.com /features/authormonth/0306patterson/patterson-james.asp   (811 words)

  
 James Patterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James B. Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an award-winning American author.
Patterson shrugged off the comments, stating that he wants to be the "thrillingest thriller writer of all time".
James Patterson has also been put as one of Forbes magazine's top 100 celebrities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Patterson   (378 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: James Patterson
James Patterson, the author of countless international bestsellers, wrote much of SANTAKID in the family playroom with his young son Jack.
James Patterson is a perennial favorite with The Book Report's readers and they flock to the stores to snap up any book he writes --- even when it isn't an Alex Cross novel.
James Patterson joins us again and talks about his most recent Alex Cross thriller, ROSES ARE RED.
www.bookreporter.com /authors/au-patterson-james.asp   (2783 words)

  
 Transcript: James Patterson 11/17/98
James Patterson: Hopefully we're close to something on "When the Wind Blows," but Paramount is planning to shoot Along Came a Spider in March.
James Patterson: Every once in a while, I'll walk into a bookstore or maybe a movie theater, I have the reaction, "I wish I'd thought of that." The concept in "When the Wind Blows" was one of those.
James Patterson: Woody could definitely play the good guy/bad guy part, Yeah, I guess the only trick with Norton is it's a little close to the role he played in "Primal Fear." But he's excellent.
www.time.com /time/community/transcripts/chattr111798.html   (3430 words)

  
 4th of July, 3rd Degree, etc. by James Patterson - read our reviews
There is a characteristic that Patterson never loses, not even in his worst book, and that is the way in which his novels grab the reader's attention right from the beginning.
Patterson has created an interesting set of main characters as members of the Women's Murder Club, and this is a considerable portion of what makes the series so interesting.
Patterson thought it would be nice to give him some credit as a co-writer even though the actual novel is still 100% Patterson.
mostlyfiction.com /sleuths/patterson.htm   (3613 words)

  
 The James Patterson Business - 11/4/2002 - Publishers Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Patterson's coauthors don't like to talk about their association with him, at least not to the press.
PW reads aloud to Patterson some of the criticism he's drawn, including Pat Holt's further comment that, while reading The Beach House, she was "absorbed by—oh, the little things you notice when a writer other than James Patterson is at work...
Patterson's life he's working at an inception stage with someone whose work he likes, based on a project and a character who could appear in print at the same time the character appears on screen.
www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA257017.html?pubdate=11/4/2002&display=archive   (6520 words)

  
 Buy.com - Honeymoon : James Patterson : ISBN 9780316710626
James Patterson, the author of countless international bestsellers, wrote much of santaKid in the family playroom with his young son Jack.
James Patterson grew up in Newburgh, New York, 50 miles north of New York City.
Since that time, Patterson has written numerous best-selling thrillers featuring the sensitive, modern-day hero Alex Cross, including "Kiss the Girls", which was made into a major motion picture starring Morgan Freeman.
www.buy.com /prod/honeymoon/q/loc/648/print/1/39859607.html   (1075 words)

  
 James Patterson   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Formerly an advertising mogul for J. Thompson in the early 1990s, Patterson came up with the slogan "Toys R Us Kid." Shortly after his success with Along Came A Spider he retired from the firm and devoted his time to writing.
James Patterson has fallen under criticsm in the literary world from the likes of Stephen King, who called Patterson's books "Dopey thrillers." Patterson shrugs off the comments stating that he wants to be the thrillingest thriller writer of all time.
Words should not get in the way of the stories is a point Patterson stresses, and his technique has proven effective.
www.celebritieslife.com /James-Patterson.html   (254 words)

  
 Medal of Honor Frontline - You Don't Play, You Volunteer!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
James Patterson, a 24-year-old Lieutenant in the Air Transport Corps, bravely piloted his over laden C-47 troop transport through bad weather, poor visibility, and vicious enemy fire to deliver a regiment of U.S. Airborne paratroopers to their drop zones behind the beaches of Normandy, France.
As the last man hit the silk, Patterson's C-47 was intercepted by German fighters and shot down over the peninsula.
Fully equipped for combat, standing shoulder to shoulder with members of the 116th Infantry in the cramped quarters of a Higgins Boat--now in tow beside the dark hull of the Jefferson, he listened intently to the quiet prayers of his newfound comrades in arms.
www.ea.com /official/moh/frontline/us/ltpatterson.jsp   (365 words)

  
 Author James Patterson has golden touch - BOOKS - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Author James Patterson poses next to a poster for the film "Kiss the Girls," which was made from a book he wrote, at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. Patterson has published 35 books, 18 of which hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list.
Patterson has just returned from a 10-day tour to promote his new book, “Beach Road,” which he wrote with journalist Peter de Jonge.
Harvard’s John Deighton devised “Marketing James Patterson,” a case study taught in several courses, after hearing the author speak at a gathering of business professionals and realizing that he is a marketer who happens to be his own product.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12803504   (578 words)

  
 YouTube - James Patterson Cross
didnt he fight in world war 2?you play as james patterson in medal of honor frontline.
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From meettheauthor.com James Patterson talks about his next Alex Cross book...Cross (less)
www.youtube.com /watch?v=JbrSbEDjB8w   (416 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Books: London Bridges, by James Patterson, Hardcover
I usually look forward to a James Patterson novel, so when I sat down with London Bridges, I was expecting to become absorbed in a few hours of pleasurable entertainment.
Patterson flies around from city to city around the world, hoping to stop a nuclear holocaust from happening.
I'm a huge fan of James Patterson but this was a big let down of the books i've read before this and to tell you the truth i was a little confused at the end.
search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=9v5pa4tA3h&isbn=0316710598&itm=1   (981 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : 2nd Chance: Livres en anglais: James Patterson,Andrew Gross   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This is Patterson's richest, most engaging novel since When the Wind Blows and, as the second in his Women's Murder Club series (after 1st to Die), yet more evidence that this prolific writer can roam beyond Alex Cross with style and success.
Like all Pattersons, the narration mixes first and third person the first here is voiced, as before, by San Francisco homicide detective Lindsay Boxer, while the third-person sections cover the doings of the other three members of Boxer's informal club, a reporter, a pathologist and a prosecutor, as well as the villain's shenanigans.
In the first novel, Patterson personalized Boxer by dealing with her rare blood disease; here, it's the emotionally powerful introduction of Boxer's long-lost father into her life that galvanizes the plot, particularly as Patterson ties the man into Chimera's rampage.
www.amazon.fr /2nd-Chance-James-Patterson/dp/0316693200   (771 words)

  
 James Patterson   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 5th Horseman proves once again that James Patterson is the ‘master of the suspense genre’ (Sunday Telegraph).
With the irresistible attraction of the greatest Hitchcock thrillers, Honeymoon is a sizzling, twisting tale of a woman with a deadly appetite and the men who dare to fall for her.
In his sexiest, scariest novel yet, James Patterson (writing with co-author Howard Roughan) deftly confirms why he is the world’s bestselling thriller writer.
www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/jamespatterson.html   (1241 words)

  
 James Patterson, son of George Patterson & Rebecca Chastain
James Patterson, son of George Patterson and Rebecca Chastain
The oldest son of George and Rebecca Chastain Patterson was James Patterson.
Both James and Kimsey were gone from Union by 1850.
wespatterson.com /patt/rob.tho.john.geo.james.html   (220 words)

  
 James Patterson on LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
James & Peter de Jonge Patterson (combine) (never combine)
A: James, James and Paetro Patterson Maxine, James and Andrew Gross Patterson, James & Andrew Gross Patterson, James; De Jonge, Peter Patterson, Patterson, J Patterson, James T. Patterson, Robert Patterson, James with Michael Ledwidge Patterson, James and Howar Roughan Patterson, Andrew Gross
There are 123 conversations about James Patterson's books.
www.librarything.com /author/pattersonjames   (482 words)

  
 James Patterson - The Jester
A plan is devised to transform Hugh into a jester as a means to gain access to the castle and the evil duke.
Patterson previously took a break from the modern-day suspense novel with the bestseller
Patterson and Gross simply draw on the elements of chivalry, loyalty and romance to transport readers back in time over 900 years.
www.thebookhaven.net /Z_Jester.html   (299 words)

  
 Patterson,James Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Patterson's perennial hero, homicide detective Alex Cross, returns for another adventure--and this time it's his own family that's in danger.
Patterson's explosive debut in the young adult market.
From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the NYC subway system, 14-year-old Max leads her five feisty "family" members on a journey of action, adventure, and soul-seeking.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Patterson,James   (1234 words)

  
 James Patterson
Grown up in Newburgh, New York, James Patterson went to a Catholic school and majored in English at Manhattan College.
Patterson's first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, after being turned down by 26 publishers, won the Edgar Award for best first mystery novel in 1976.
Alex Cross, his series protagonist, first featured in Along Came a Spider in 1993 placing Patterson into the limelight as far as bestseller mysteries are concerned.
www.bastulli.com /Patterson/Patterson.htm   (1851 words)

  
 Dave White's Writing Block: James Patterson
James Patterson's KISS THE GIRLS was the book that got me to write crime fiction.
Eventually I grew out of James Patterson and hadn't read him for years, until a few weeks ago when a co-worker of mine and I were talking about audio books.
Patterson -- if your first novel flops, you may end up being one of his co-writers.
jacksondonne.blogspot.com /2006/12/james-patterson.html   (617 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Cat & Mouse: Books: James Patterson   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I usually like Patterson's books, but this one, while fast paced and exciting (loved the chase through the New York subways), just dosn't hold up to logic very well, even worst here than usual.
This is one of my favorites of Patterson's, having read it a few years ago it still sticks out in my mind as a fast-paced thriller.
Cat and Mouse went awry and James Patterson didn't have the time or desire to go back and fix it before the publication date.
www.amazon.ca /Cat-Mouse-James-Patterson/dp/0446606189   (1343 words)

  
 The Beach House by James Patterson&Peter de Jonge - review
As per James Patterson's well-known and successful style, the chapters are very short, which keeps the reader turning pages to see what will happen next.
If you are a regular visitor to MostlyFiction.com, you know that I have been slow to catch on as a James Patterson fan.
This is the second novel that he as co-authored with James Patterson.
mostlyfiction.com /mystery/patterson.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Home | The Official James Patterson Web Site
Max's heart-stopping quest to protect her "family" and investigate the mind-blowing mystery of her ultimate destiny continues in the scariest, strangest, and funniest James Patterson thriller yet.
The time has arrived for Max and her winged 'Flock' to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of 'Re-evolution', a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest.
Special note from James to Alex Cross fans Maximum Ride T-shirts are now available for adults and children.
www.jamespatterson.com   (395 words)

  
 James Kennedy Patterson   (Site not responding. Last check: )
James Kennedy Patterson was born in 1833 in Scotland.
Patterson Hall, the first women's dormitory at the University of Kentucky, and the Patterson Office Tower were named in his honor.
Also see "James Kennedy Patterson" from University Archives.
www.uky.edu /Biography/patterson-james-kennedy.html   (139 words)

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