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He’s the “man who can’t miss,” according to Time magazine. Indeed, he got us. With more than 150 million books sold worldwide, author James Patterson, who was born on March 22, 1947, holds a record of 39 titles on The New York Times bestseller list. He has written 19 consecutive titles that reached No. 1 on The New York Times’s list and is the only author to occupy the No. 1 slot on the Adult Fiction and Children’s Chapter Book lists simultaneously. He penned the two top bestselling detective series of the past decade: his Alex Cross series (featuring Along Came a Spider
and Kiss the Girls
), and his Women’s Murder Club series (includes 1st to Die
, 2nd Chance
, 3rd Degree
and 4th of July
). He has won an Edgar award, the mystery world’s highest honor.
and Kiss the Girls), and his Women’s Murder Club series (includes 1st to Die, 2nd Chance, 3rd Degree and 4th of July). He has won an Edgar award, the mystery world’s highest honor.