VJ Books Presents Author James Patterson!
James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author. He holds the Guinness World Record for the first author to sell over a million ebooks and the New York Times record for most bestsellers. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide.
Bill Clinton (The President is Missing) and Dolly Parton (Run, Rose, Run) are among his notable literary collaborators. Patterson has also co-authored books with Julia Bergen, James O. Born, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Jill Dembowski, Richard DiLallo, Martin Dugard, David Ellis, Candice Fox, Hal Friedman, Chris Grabenstein, Andrew Gross, K.A. James, Marshall Karp, Peter Kim, Michael Ledwidge, Liza Marklund, Neil McMahon, Alexander Ovchinnikov, Maxine Paetro, Lisa Papademetriou, Emily Raymond, Howard Roughan, Ned Rust, Adam Sadir, Ashwin Sanghi, Mark T. Sullivan, Chris Tebbetts, and Michael White.
His latest novel, Cross Down, was co-authored by Brendan DuBois, and is the latest title to feature his protaganists Alex Cross and John Sampson.
For his prodigious imagination and championship of literacy in America, Patterson was awarded the 2019 National Humanities Medal. The National Book Foundation presented him with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and he is also the recipient of an Edgar Award and nine Emmy Awards.
Beyond his success as a writer, Patterson has left his mark through literacy-based philanthropy. He created and sponsors College Book Bucks scholarships which donates hundreds of thousands of books to US schools and to troops overseas. He is a founding partner of the Children's Reading Fund in the UK, and created a website ReadKiddoRead.com, which helps parents learn how to encourage their children to become avid readers.
Patterson was born in 1947 in Newburgh, New York. He started writing at 19 and earned his BA and then his MA in English from Manhattan College and Vanderbilt University, respectively. He was a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt, but chose to seek his fortunes outside of academia.
Patterson began working in advertising, and eventually became the CEO of J. Walter Thompson's agency in North America. While still working there, and after being turned down by 31 different publishers, he sold The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), which went on to win an Edgar award for Best First Novel. He is an incredibly prolific and successful author, best known for thrillers such as his Alex Cross series (including Mary, Mary; Alex Cross, Run; Cross Country; Hope to Die) and Women's Murder Club series. He also has a number of standalone bestsellers including Swimsuit, Sail, and Zoo.
Patterson lives in Palm Beach, Florida with his wife, Susan. They have one son, Jack.
You can find a signed copy of The 23rd Midnight and a collection of other James Patterson signed books below this author bio.
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James Patterson Bibliography
Alex Cross Series
-
Along Came a Spider - 1993
- Kiss the Girls - 1995
- Jack & Jill - 1996
- Cat & Mouse - 1997
- Pop Goes the Weasel - 1999
- Roses Are Red - 2000
- Violets Are Blue - 2001
- Four Blind Mice - 2002
- The Big Bad Wolf - 2003
- London Bridges - 2004
- Mary, Mary - 2005
- Alex Cross (Also published as Cross) - 2006
- Double Cross - 2007
- Cross Country - 2008
- Alex Cross's Trial - 2009
- I, Alex Cross - 2009
- Cross Fire - 2010
- Kill Alex Cross - 2011
- Merry Christmas, Alex Cross - 2012
- Alex Cross, Run - 2013
- Cross My Heart - 2013
- Hope to Die - 2014
- Cross Justice - 2015
- Cross the Line - 2016
- The People vs. Alex Cross - 2017
- Target: Alex Cross - November 2018
- Criss Cross - November 2019
- Deadly Cross - November 2020
- Fear No Evil - November 2021
- Triple Cross - 2022
- Cross Down - 2023
Ali Cross Series
- Ali Cross - 2019
- Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son - 2021
Instinct Series (with Howard Roughan)
- Instinct - 2017
- Killer Instinct - 2019
- Steal - 2022
Detective Harriet Blue Series (co-authored with Candice Fox)
- Murder Games - 2017
- Never Never - 2016
- Liar Liar - February 2019
Billy Harney Series
- The Black Book - 2017
- The Red Book - 2021
- Escape - 2022 (with David Ellis)
- The Coldest Case - 2021 (Prequel)
Women's Murder Club Series
- 1st to Die - 2001
- 2nd Chance - 2002 - with Andrew Gross
- 3rd Degree - 2004 - with Andrew Gross
- 4th of July - 2005 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 5th Horseman - 2006 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 6th Target - 2007 - with Maxine Paetro
- 7th Heaven - 2008 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 8th Confession - 2009 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 9th Judgment - 2010 - with Maxine Paetro
- 10th Anniversary - 2011 - with Maxine Paetro
- 11th Hour - 2012 - with Maxine Paetro
- 12th of Never - 2013 - with Maxine Paetro
- Unlucky 13 - 2014 - with Maxine Paetro
- 14th Deadly Sin - 2015 - with Maxine Paetro
- 15th Affair - 2016 - with Maxine Paetro
- 16th Seduction - 2017 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 17th Suspect - 2018 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 18th Abduction - 2019 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 19th Christmas - 2019 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 20th Victim - 2020 - with Maxine Paetro
- 21st Birthday - 2021 - with Maxine Paetro
- 22 Seconds - 2022 - with Maxine Paetro
- The 23rd Midnight - 2023 - with Maxine Paetro
Michael Bennett Series
- Step on a Crack - 2007 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Run For Your Life - 2009 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Worst Case - 2010 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Tick Tock - 2011 - with Michael Ledwidge
- I, Michael Bennett - 2012 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Gone - 2013 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Burn - 2014 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Alert - 2015 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Bullseye - 2016 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Haunted - 2017 (with James O. Born)
- Ambush - October 2018 (with James O. Born)
- Blindside - February 2020 (with James O. Born)
Private (Jack Morgan) Series
- Private - 2010 - with Maxine Paetro
- Private: #1 Suspect - 2012 - with Maxine Paetro
- Private L.A. - 2013 - with Maxine Paetro
- Private Vegas - 2015 - with Maxine Paetro
Other Private Games Novels (Not part of the main series)
- Private Games - 2012 - with Mark T. Sullivan
- Private London - 2013 - with Mark T. Sullivan
- Private Berlin - 2013 - with Mark T. Sullivan
- Private Down Under - 2014 - with Michael White
- Private India: City on Fire - 2015 - with Ashwin Sanghi
- Private Paris - 2016 - with Mark T. Sullivan
- The Games - 2016 - with Mark T. Sullivan
NYPD Red Series
- NYPD Red - 2012
- NYPD Red 2 - 2014 - with Marshall Karp
- NYPD Red 3 - 2015 - with Marshall Karp
- NYPD Red 4 - 2016 - with Marshall Karp
- Red Alert: An NYPD Red Mystery - 2018 - with Marshall Karp
Rory Yates Series
- Texas Ranger - 2018
- Texas Outlaw - 2020
Travis McKinley Series (with Peter de Jonge)
- Miracle on the 17th Green - 1996
- Miracle at Augusta - 2015
- Miracle at St. Andrews - 2019
Stand Alone Novels
-
The Thomas Berryman Number - 1976
- Season of the Machete - 1977
- See How They Run - 1979
- Virgin - 1980
- Black Market - 1986
- The Midnight Club: A Novel - 1989
- Hide and Seek - 1996
- Cradle and All (originally published as Virgin) - 2000
- Black Friday (originally published as Black Market) - 2000
- Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas - 2001
- The Beach House - 2002 - with Peter De Jonge
- The Jester - 2003 - with Andrew Gross
- Sam’s Letters to Jennifer - 2004
- Honeymoon - 2005 - with Howard Roughan
- Lifeguard - 2005 - with Andrew Gross
- Beach Road - 2006 - with Peter De Jonge
- Judge and Jury - 2006 - with Andrew Gross
- The Quickie - 2007 - with Michael Ledwidge
- You’ve Been Warned - 2007 - with Howard Roughan
- Sundays at Tiffany’s - 2008 - with Gabrielle Charbonnet
- Sail - 2009 - with Howard Roughan
- Swimsuit - 2009 - with Maxine Paetro
- The Postcard Killers - 2010 - with Liza Marklund
- Don’t Blink - 2010 - with Howard Roughan
- Bloody Valentine - 2011 - with K.A. James
- Toys - 2011 - with Neil McMahon
- Now You See Her - 2011 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Kill Me If You Can - 2011 - with Marshall Karp
- The Christmas Wedding - 2011 - with Richard DiLallo
- Guilty Wives - 2012 - with David Ellis
- Zoo - 2012 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Second Honeymoon - 2013 - with Howard Roughan
- Mistress - 2013 - with David Ellis
- Invisible - 2014 - with David Ellis
- Truth or Die - 2015 - with Howard Roughan
- The Murder House - 2015 - with David Ellis
- Woman of God - 2016 - with Maxine Paetro
- Cradle and All - 2016
- Humans, Bow Down - 2017
- Two From the Heart - 2017
- Dr. Death - June 2017
- The Store - August 2017 - with Richard DiLallo
- The President is Missing - 2018 - with Bill Clinton
- Juror #3 - 2018 (with Nancy Allen)
- The Cornwalls are Gone - 2019 - with Brendan DuBois
- The 13-Minute Murder - 2019
- Sophia, Princess Among Beasts - 2019 - with Emily Raymond
- The Inn - 2019 - with Candice Fox
- The River Murders - January 2020 (with James O. Born)
- Lost - January 2020 (with James O. Born)
- The House of Kennedy - 2020
- 1st Case - 2020 (with Chris Tebbetts)
- The Summer House - 2020 (with Brendan DuBois)
- The Coast-to-Coast Murders - 2020 (with J.D. Barker)
- Three Women Disappear - 2020 (with Shan Serafin)
- The Last Days of John Lennon - 2020 (with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge)
- Walk in My Combat Boots - 2021 (with Chris Mooney)
- The President's Daughter - 2021 (with Bill Clinton)
- The Palm Beach Murders - 2021
- The Noise - 2021 (with J.D. Barker)
- The Jailhouse Lawyer - 2021 (with Nancy Allen)
- The Horsewoman - 2022 (with Mike Lupica)
- The Defense lawyer - 2021 (with Benjamin Wallace)
- The Horsewoman - 2022 (with Mike Lupica)
- Run, Rose, Run - 2022 (with Dolly Parton)
- Countdown - 2023 (with Brendan DuBois)
Maximum Ride Series
- The Angel Experiment - 2005
- School's Out-Forever - 2006
- Saving the World & Other Extreme Sports - 2007
- The Final Warning - 2008
- Max - 2009
- Fang - 2010
- Angel - 2011
- Nevermore - 2012
- Maximum Ride Forever - 2014
- Hawk - 2020
- City of the Dead - 2021 (with Mindy McGinnis)
Crazy House Series
- Crazy House - 2017 - with Cate Tiernan
- The Fall of Crazy House - April 2019 - with Gabrielle Charbonnet
Daniel X Series
- The Dangerous Days of Daniel X - 2008 - with Michael Ledwidge
- Watch the Skies - 2009 - with Ned Rust
- Demons and Druids - 2010 - with Adam Sadir
- Game Over - 2011 - with Ned Rust
- Armageddon - 2013 - with Chris Grabenstein
- Lights Out - 2015 - with Chris Grabenstein
Witch & Wizard Series
- Witch & Wizard - 2009 - with Gabrielle Charbonnet
- The Gift - 2010 - with Ned Rust
- The Fire - 2011 - with Jill Dembowski
- The Kiss - 2013 - with Gabrielle Charbonnet
- The Lost - 2014 - with Ned Rust
Confessions Series
- Confessions of a Murder Suspect - 2012 - with Maxine Paetro
- Confessions: The Private School Murders - 2013 - with Maxine Paetro
- Confessions: The Paris Mysteries - 2014 - with Maxine Paetro
- Confessions: The Murder of an Angel - 2015 - with Maxine Paetro
Jacky Ha-Ha Series (with Chris Grabenstein)
- Jacky Ha-Ha - 2016
- Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke - 2017
I Funny Series ( with Chris Grabenstein)
- I Funny - 2013
- I Even Funnier - 2013
- I Totally Funniest - 2015
- I Funny TV - 2015
- I Funny: School of Laughs - 2017
Treasure Hunters Series ( with Christ Grabenstein)
- Treasure Hunters - 2013
- Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile - 2014
- Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City - 2015
- Treasure Hunters: Peril at the Top of the World - 2016
House of Robots Series ( with Chris Grabenstein)
- House of Robots - 2014
- House of Robots: Robots Go Wild! - 2015
- House of Robots: Robot Revolution - 2017
Public School Superhero Series
- Public School Superhero - 2015 - with Chris Tebbetts
Middle School Series
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life - 2011 - with Chris Tebbetts
- Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! - 2012 - with Chris Tebbetts
- Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar - 2013 - with Lisa Papademetriou
- Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill - 2013 - with Chris Tebbetts
- Middle School: Ultimate Showdown! - 2014 - with Julia Bergen
- Middle School: Save Rafe! - 2014 - with Chris Tebbetts
- Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck - 2015
- Middle School: Dog's Best Friend - 2016 - with Chris Tebbetts
- Middle School: Escape to Australia - 2017
Other Middle School Books
- Potty Mouth and Stoopid - 2017
- Laugh Out Loud - 2017 - with Chris Grabenstein
Young Adult Novels
Non-Fiction
-
The Day America Told the Truth: What People Really Believe about Everything That Really Matters - 1991 - with Peter Kim
- The Second American Revolution - 1994 - with Peter Kim
- Against Medical Advice: A True Story - 2008 - with Hal Friedman
- The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King: A Nonfiction Thriller - 2009 - with Martin Dugard
- Against Medical Advice: A True Story - 2008 - with Hal Friedman
- Humans, Bow Down - 2016 - with Emily Raymond, Jill Dembowski, and Alexander Ovchinnikov
- James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life - 2022
James Patterson Awards
- 1977 - Edgar Allan Poe Award for The Thomas Berryman Number
- 2009 - BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year
- 2003 - Reader's Digest Reader's Choice Award for fiction
- 2007 - International Thriller of the Year Award for ThrillerMaster
- 2010 - Author of the Year for Max
- 2015 - National Book Foundation's Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community
- National Parenting Publications Honors Awards
- International Reading Association's Young Adults' Choices Booklist
- Children's Choice Book Awards - Author of the Year 2010 for Max
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