James Patterson
Top selling novelist James Patterson was a young copywriter with an advertising agency when his interest in writing grew. His debut novel, The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), won the Edgar Award for the best first mystery novel. He has since written more than twenty novels including: eight in the series featuring forensic psychologist/detective Alex Cross, and two in the Women's Murder Club series. His most recent book, The Lake House (Little, Brown, 2003), is the sequel to the 1998 bestseller When the Wind Blows. Mr. Patterson lives in Palm Beach County, Florida.
