Bibliograph

James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life

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James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

James Patterson by James Patterson

Nature of contents

bibliography

Sub title

the stories of my life

Summary

How did a boy from small-town New York become the world's most successful writer? How does he do it? He has 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". How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? 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. Three American presidents have invited him to golf with them. These are the stories of James Patterson's life

Target audience

adult

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James Patterson, the stories of my life

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