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The Instant #1 New York Times bestseller!How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the world's #1 bestselling author?
·On the morning he was born, he nearly died.
·His dad grew up in the Pogey- the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse.
·He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell.
·While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line "I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid."
·He once watched James Baldwin and Norman Mailer square off to trade punches at a party.
·He's only been in love twice. Both times are amazing.
·Dolly Parton once sang "Happy Birthday" to James over the phone. She calls him J.J., for Jimmy James.
He always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart. As he says: "I'm still working on that one."
"It's quite a life, Patterson's, and this fizzing, funny, often deeply moving memoir is a perfect way to understand the dizzying world of a best-selling writer." --Daily Mail
"Damn near addictive. I loved it ... that Patterson guy can write!" --Ron Howard
James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community from the National Book Foundation. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Middle School, I Funny, and Jacky Ha-Ha, and his books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. A tireless champion of the power of books and reading, Patterson created a children's book imprint, JIMMY Patterson, whose mission is simple: We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say, 'PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.' He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and funds over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions of dollars to independent bookstores and school libraries. Patterson invests proceeds from the sales of JIMMY Patterson Books in pro-reading initiatives.
Joey Green, a former contributing editor to National Lampoon, is the author of more than sixty books. He has appeared on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, The View, and other national television shows, and has been profiled in The New York Times, People, USA Today, and The Washington Post. A native of Miami, Florida, and a graduate of Cornell University (where he founded the campus humor magazine, the Cornell Lunatic, still publishing to this day), he lives in Los Angeles.
Joey Green, a former contributing editor to National Lampoon, is the author of more than sixty books. He has appeared on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, The View, and other national television shows, and has been profiled in The New York Times, People, USA Today, and The Washington Post. A native of Miami, Florida, and a graduate of Cornell University (where he founded the campus humor magazine, the Cornell Lunatic, still publishing to this day), he lives in Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316397537 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316397539 |
| Title | James Patterson by James Patterson |
| Author | James Patterson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2022-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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