James B. Patterson is an American writer of thriller stories, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross. Patterson also created the Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, and Witch & Wizard series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, nonfiction and romance stories.
After Patterson retired from advertising in 1985, he devoted his time to composing. The stories featuring his character Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist formerly of the Washington D. Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation who now books as a private psychologist and government consultant, are his most popular and the top-selling U. detective series in the past ten years. Patterson has written 71 stories in 33 years. He has had 19 consecutive #1 New York Times bestselling stories, and holds The New York Times record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single writer, a total of 63, which is also a Guinness World Record.
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As the world's best-selling writer, his stories account for one in 17 of all hardcover stories sold in the United States; in recent years his stories have sold more copies than those of Stephen King, John Grisham and Dan Brown combined.
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Patterson's prizes include the Edgar Prize, the Bca Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year, the International Thriller of the Year prize, and the Children's Choice Book Prize for Writer of the Year.
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