Walter Thompson's agency in North America. Patterson began working in advertising, and eventually became the CEO of J. He was a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt, but chose to seek his fortunes outside of academia. He started writing at 19 and earned his BA and then his MA in English from Manhattan College and Vanderbilt University, respectively.
Patterson was born in 1947 in Newburgh, New York. He is a founding partner of the Children's Reading Fund in the UK, and created a website, which helps parents learn how to encourage their children to become avid readers. He created and sponsors College Book Bucks scholarships which donates hundreds of thousands of books to US schools and to troops overseas.
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.īeyond his success as a writer, Patterson has left his mark through literacy-based philanthropy. His latest novel, The 23rd Midnight, was co-authored by Maxin Paetro, and is the latest in his Women's Murder Club series.įor his prodigious imagination and championship of literacy in America, Patterson was awarded the 2019 National Humanities Medal. Sullivan, Chris Tebbetts, and Michael White. 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. Born, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Jill Dembowski, Richard DiLallo, Martin Dugard, David Ellis, Candice Fox, Hal Friedman, Chris Grabenstein, Andrew Gross, K.A. Patterson has also co-authored books with Julia Bergen, James O. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide.īill Clinton ( The President is Missing) and Dolly Parton ( Run, Rose, Run) are among his notable literary collaborators. 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.
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