James Patterson

James Brendan Patterson born March 22 1947 is an American author Among his works are the Alex Cross Michael Bennett Womens Murder Club Maximum Ride Daniel X NYPD Red Witch Wizard Private and Middle School series as well as many standalone thrillers nonfiction and romance novels Pattersons books have sold more than 425 million copies and he was the first person to sell one million ebooks In 2016 Patterson topped Forbess list of highestpaid 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 He has donated millions of dollars in grants and scholarships to various universities teachers colleges independent bookstores school libraries and college students to promote literacy Description above from the Wikipedia article James Patterson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia