James Patterson

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Writer

Birth Name: James Brendan Patterson

Birth Date: March 22, 1947

Age: 77 years old

Birth Place: Newburgh, New York

James Brendan Patterson was born on Mar. 22, 1947 in Newburgh, NJ. He studied English at Manhattan College and then Vanderbilt University, graduating from the latter with a Master's degree prior to completing his doctorate. Upon leaving school, Patterson entered the world of advertising, working as an executive for the firm J. Walter Thompson. All the while, Patterson found success as a novelist, publishing his first book, The Thomas Berryman Number (1976). He wrote five more novels over the course of the following 15 years, all prior to the inception of his smash hit Alex Cross series.

Beginning with the book Along Came a Spider (1993), the series followed Washington D.C.-based detective (and later FBI agent) Cross as he investigated high stakes mysteries. Patterson averaged a book a year in the Alex Cross series going forward, inspiring multiple film adaptations, beginning with "Kiss the Girls" (1997), starring Morgan Freeman. All the while. Patterson penned other series with co-authors like Andrew Gross, Maxine Paetro, and Michael Ledwidge, among others. Patterson and partners developed the Women's Murder Club series beginning with 1st to Die (2001), the Michael Bennett series starting with Step on a Crack (2007), and the Private series starting with Private (2010).

Credits

Cross

Executive Producer
Series
2024

Live with Kelly and MarkStream

Guest
Talk
2023

Walk the Blue Line

Host
Show
2023

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Stream

Guest
Talk
2022

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Stream

Self
Talk
2022

Walk in My Combat Boots

Host
Show
2021

Zerlina

Guest
Show
2020

James Patterson, The House of Kennedy

Guest
Show
2020

Game Time With Boomer Esiason

Guest
Show
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Guest
Talk
2019

The Big Interviews

Guest
Show
2019

Dana Perino's Book Club

Guest
Show
2019

Today With Hoda & Jenna

Guest
Show
2019

Strahan & Sara

Guest
Show
2019

Today 3rd Hour

Guest
Show
2018

InstinctStream

Executive Producer
Series
2018
54%

James Patterson's Murder Is ForeverStream

Executive Producer
Series
2018

Daily Blast Live

Guest
Show
2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

Guest
Talk
2017

Matter of Fact With Soledad O'Brien

Guest
Talk
2016

Today's Take

Guest
Show
2016

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Executive Producer
Movie
2016

Maximum Ride

Executive Producer
Movie
2016

The Daily Show with Trevor NoahStream

Guest
Talk
2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Guest
Talk
2015

ZooStream

Executive Producer
Series
2015
82%

Between the Covers

Guest
Show
2015

James Patterson's Murder of a Small Town

Host
Show
2015

James Patterson's Murder of a Small Town

Writer
Show
2015

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

Guest
Talk
2014

On the Money

Guest
Show
2013

CBS This Morning: Saturday

Guest
Show
2012

CBS This Morning

Guest
Show
2012

Alex CrossStream

Producer
Movie
2012
11%

Rock Center With Brian Williams

Guest
Show
2011

A Warrior's Heart

Executive Producer
Movie
2011

The Open Mind

Guest
Talk
2010

Sundays at Tiffany's

Executive Producer
Movie
2010

CastleStream

Guest Star
Himself
Series
2009
82%

Women's Murder Club

Executive Producer
Show
2007

Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda

Guest
Show
2007

The One Show

Guest
Show
2006

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

Guest
Talk
2005

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Guest
Talk
2003

Along Came a SpiderStream

Writer (Novel)
Movie
2001
32%

Kiss the GirlsStream

Writer
Movie
1997
32%

Fox News Sunday

Guest
News
1996

Child of Darkness, Child of Light

Writer (Novel)
Movie
1991

The SimpsonsStream

Guest Voice
Himself
Series
1989
85%

CBS News Sunday Morning

Guest
News
1979

Good Morning America

Guest
News
1975

Hawaii Five-OStream

Guest Star
Dave Barca
Series
1968

Today

Guest
News
1952

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