Biography
The name of the writer James Patterson is well known not only to booklers, but also to the kinomans of the whole world. Based on his works, such cakes were shot as "kissing girls", "and spider", "I am Alex Cross".Creating in the genres of thriller and psychological detective, Patterson holds the reader in tension from the beginning to the final scene, sometimes presented under the curtain unexpected surprises. For this skill, he adores millions of fans all over the world. The writer has repeatedly become the most-selling author of the planet and even entered the Guinness Book of Records.
Childhood and youth
James B. Patterson was born on March 21, 1947 in Newberg, USA. Father Charles Patterson worked as an insurance agent. My mother Isabel Morris is a school teacher and housewife. The writers' biographers report that James went well at school, but not loved to read. And only starting to learn English and literature in the prestigious Manhattan College in New York, became a pin to read: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, James Joyce, Gunter Grass.
Patterson continued her education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, receiving a master's master's degree. During his studies, he worked in a psychiatric center to pay for their studies. The University of the guy graduated with honors and in 1971 began working in the promotional business by a simple copywriter.
Books
Patterson gave work in advertising over 20 years, with time he headed the agency J. Walter Thompson, in which he began his career path. But along with the business, James became interested in literary creativity. His first novel - "Room of Thomas Berriman" ("The Thomas Berryman Number"), written, as he later confessed, influenced by Evan Connella books.
The debut was successful, the book has a commercial success and receives an Oscar of the literature of the detective genre - the Award of Edgar. In subsequent years (1977-1980), the author writes a number of works: "SeaSon of the Machete", "See How Run", "Virgin".
In 1993, the first romance of the series about Alex Crosse is coming. Cross - a judicial psychologist who has previously worked in the metropolitan police of Washington and FBI. Having left the service, he became a private psychologist and a state consultant.
The series about Alex Crosse became the most popular in the work of Patterson. The first books were bestsellers: "And the spider came" (1993), "kissing girls" (1995), "Lack of affection" (1999), "Roses are red" (2000). These and other novels were leading in the well-known Rating of New York Times and sold by millions. The success of the Hollywood screening of the writer's novels. In the films, the role of a detective Alex Crosses played the brilliant Morgan Fremen.
In 1996, the writer left the business and came close to writing books. Continuing the series about Alex Crosse: As if by tradition, the author writes per year for one novel about a private detective (today they are already over 25).
With the onset of the new millennium, Patterson begins a new series of detectives "Women's Club of Kill Investigations". In 2001, the first novel "Die first". In the mid-2000s in the bibliography of the writer, a series of Michael Bennet detective, created in co-authorship with Michael Ledjej, and after another 10 years old - a series of woman-detective Harriet Blue.
In addition, there is another favorite series of the author - private. In it, James Patterson collects books written in collaboration with other writers. Among his creative partners there are Maxin Pathro, Andrew Gross, Peter Dehong and others. In 2010, he worked with the Swedish writer Liza Marclund over the book "Clever Killer".
Over time, Proser realized that he needed to diversify the activity and create children's books - fiction and fantasy. Since 2005, the writer writes a number of books about the maximum ride, which saves young phenomena with superpowers, from those who want to use them as a secret weapon. The first book of the "Angel Experiment" series "is published in 2005.
"I could never become an adult man, but I don't want to become it. I believe that the best way to make people love to read is to give them the books that they will not be able to postpone aside, "the author explained the author of the desire to write works for children.Patterson is a big supporter of the spread of a booking. In 2005, he founded the J. Patterson Prize for those who offer the most original and effective way to attract the reader to books. He also donates money in the library and shares experience with young authors, creating a course "Lessons of Writing Mastery" for them.
He himself also does not remain aside from the creative and still proves that his advertising genius is still able to issue uncomplicated moves. In 2015, the writer released a thousand copies of the new triller "Private Vegas" in the form of self-courting e-books. And in 2018 introduced an interactive novel "Chef". In order to read it, the social network users need to send messages in a special group.
In 2018, Patterson began working on a series of "murder forever," and almost immediately, cinematographers began to shoot the series "The Nature of the Murder" on its reasons.
Personal life
James Patterson married Sali at the dawn of his writer success - in 1997. Next year, the Song of Jack was born from the spouses. That's all that is known about the personal life of the author of bestsellers.He does not like to talk about the family in an interview, but in social networks often publishes pictures with relatives and loved ones. Now Patterson people live in their cozy home in Palm Beach, Florida.
James Patterson now
Today, Patterson is included in the Guinness Book of Records as a writer who has a record number of books that have become bestsellers.
In 2018, he entered the list of "The High-Pay Writers" according to Forbes, Paving Joan Rowling, the leader in 2017. In general, the American at the 10th time rose to the top line of the list for 20 years.
Since 2017, the writer began working on a draft fantastic novel written in collaboration with the former US president Bill Clinton. The novel called "President Delivered" saw the light in 2018.
In 2019, the writers' fans are waiting for new fascinating literary innovations from him.
Bibliography
- 1993 - "And the spider came"
- 1995 - "Kissing girls"
- 1999 - "Lake Lucky"
- 2001 - "Die first"
- 2005 - "Angel Experiment"
- 2006 - "Fifth Horseman"
- 2009 - "I, Alex Cross"
- 2015 - "Justice of Cross"
- 2017 - "People against Alex Crosses"
- 2018 - "President disappeared"