JAMES PATTERSON | Executive Producer

The subject of a Time magazine feature entitled "The Man Who Can’t Miss," James Patterson is the best selling author of the past year, with more than 12 million books sold in North America alone. In total Patterson's books have sold an estimated 130 million copies worldwide. He is the first author to have #1 new titles simultaneously on the New York Times adult and children's lists, and is the only author to have five new hardcover novels debut at #1 on the list in one year — a record-breaking feat he accomplished in 2005 and 2006.

Patterson is a champion of reading and founder of the $500,000 PageTurner Awards which seek to spread the excitement and joy of books and reading in the United States. His first foray into kid-accessible fiction was with the critically acclaimed Maximum Ride series, which debuted on the list at #1 and remained there for 12 straight weeks. The series has so far been on the New York Times bestsellers lists for more than 56 weeks, proving that kids love page turners too.

Patterson is the creator of the #1 new detective series of the past dozen years, featuring Alex Cross and including the Hollywood-adapted Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls, starring Academy Award®-winning actor Morgan Freeman. He is also the creator of the #1 new detective series of the past five years, featuring Lindsay Boxer and the other members of the Women's Murder Club, for which the drama series is named. He has authored books behind six films on the Hollywood fast-track, including the young adult series Maximum Ride, an adaptation of the celebrated illustrated children's book, santaKid, the thrillers Honeymoon and Lifeguard, the Alex Cross series, and a stunning horror novel to be published later in 2007, You've Been Warned.

Patterson is the author of novels — from The Thomas Berryman Number (1976) to Honeymoon (2005) — that have won awards including the Edgar, the BCA Mystery Guild’s Thriller of the Year Award and the International Thriller of the Year Award.

One of Forbes' Celebrity 100, Patterson appeared as a guest star on The Simpsons in March 2007.