
*Has spent more than 150 straight weeks on the USA Today 150 list of overall top-selling books in all categories and formats'longer than Tom Clancy, Stephen King, Danielle Steel or John Grisham. Also, Spiderman and X-Men producer Avi Arad is at work on the screenplay for a feature film based on Patterson's Maximum Ride series! The show, a hit amongst critics and fans alike, stars Angie Harmon as detective Lindsay Boxer.
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*Is HOT in Hollywood! James Patterson's Women's Murder Club book series became a new television series for ABC in October, 2007. He also created santaKid, a successful 2004 classic in children's fiction Maximum Ride, #1 best selling novel for readers of all ages, as well as bestselling non-fiction titles, The Day America Told the Truth, and a sports title, Miracle on the 17th Green, 1996. Patterson is the only novelist to have #1 bestsellers in the categories of suspense, fantasy, romance, and historical fiction. *Is America's best-loved storyteller across multiple genres. The Harvard Business School is renowned for its rigorous case study teaching methodology, and Patterson's publishing world successes are being taught in a graduate-level course to the best and the brightest future corporate leaders. *Is the first author ever to be a Harvard Business School case study.

And, in 2007, he launched his 3rd #1 bestselling series with Step on a Crack, featuring New York City policed detective Michael Bennett. The next bestselling detective series also belongs to Patterson ' the Women's Murder Club series, including,1st to Die, 2nd Chance, and 3rd Degree, and 4th of July.

Patterson's Alex Cross series, including Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls, is the top selling US detective s. *Has created the top two bestselling detective series of the past decade. *Is the only author to occupy the #1 slot on the New York Times Adult Fiction and Children's Chapter Book bestsellers lists SIMULTANEOUSLY! Patterson is also the only author to have THREE simultaneous HARDCOVER bestsellers on the New York Times Adult Fiction and Children's Chapter Book bestsellers lists! *Has had 19 CONSECUTIVE #1 New York Times hardcover bestselling novels. *Has sold more than 150 million books worldwide. In 2007, an estimated 16 million James Patterson books were sold in the United States alone'more than John Grisham and Stephen King sold, combined. *Is responsible for one out of every fifteen hardcover novels sold in 2007. *Holds the New York Times bestsellers list record* with 39 New York Times bestselling titles overall.
