James Patterson

• Source of Wealth Publishing
• Birth Place Newburgh, New York, United States
• Marital Status Married (Susan Patterson)
• Full Name James Brendan Patterson
• Nationality United States
• Date of Birth March 22, 1947

• Occupation Author
• Education Vanderbilt University, Manhattan College
• Children 1 (Jack Patterson)

About James Patterson

American author of thriller novels, James Patterson has an estimated net worth of $490 million in 2015. A former advertising executive who rose to become chairman of J. Walter Thompson, he knows exactly what will fly off shelves, as his 20 bestsellers in 2010 attest.

In September 2009 Forbes estimated his net worth at $150 million. He is largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross. Born in Newburgh, New York, on March 22, 1947, Patterson left his life as an advertising executive in 1996 in order to focus on becoming a serious novelist. Patterson published his first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, in 1976. His best-selling detective novel, Along Came A Spider (1993), introduced FBI Agent Alex Cross who he featured in several later books, including Kiss The Girls (1995), Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), Violets are Blue (2001), Mary, Mary (2005), and Cross (2006).