James Patterson The Stories of My Life Hardback Autobiography

HIS BEST STORIES ARE THE STORIES OF HIS LIFE

• His father grew up in a New York poorhouse called the 'Pogie'.
• He worked at a psychiatric hospital where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell. Both were patients.
• He was at Woodstock and was also an usher at the Fillmore East.
• He was CEO of advertising agency J. Walter Thompson North America when he was thirty-seven. He wrote the ad jingle, 'I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid'.
• He once watched Norman Mailer and James Baldwin square off to fight.
• He's played golf with three US presidents and has nine holes-in-one.
• Dolly Parton sang Happy Birthday to him over the phone. She calls him Jimmy James.

James says, 'I always wanted to write the kind of novel that is read and re-read so many times the binding breaks, and the book literally falls apart, pages scattered in the wind. I'm still working on that one.'

Other Information: JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 400 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, Dog Diaries, Treasure Hunters and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past thirteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.