James Patterson claims Marilyn Monroe was murdered in his new book 'The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe,' citing her dangerous ...

Every literature fan knows the frustration of walking into a bookstore with $300,000 burning a hole in your pocket, but not being able to find even one book that will eventually explode. If you’ve ...

Prolific author James Patterson will take a rare detour into true crime with a new book focusing on the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students. Patterson, along with journalist Vicky Ward, ...

James Patterson doesn't need any more money. He's the first to admit it. "I really don't," he says. "That's not why I wrote this book." The new book in question from the prolific gagillion-selling ...

Seventy-five-year-old author James Patterson has built a career writing hundreds of novels and children's books, many of which have become bestsellers, ever since his early 20s. Recently, Patterson ...

In a weekly series, USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives. James Patterson is known for how much he writes as much as he is known for what he writes. The prolific author ...

Very few people who work in libraries—or who have seen a public library bookshelf—will be unfamiliar with the name of bestselling author James Patterson, whose books have sold more than 425 million ...

Editor's note: Several captions to photos accompanying this story have been adjusted to reflect updates in the Blanchard case since June 2015 and to correct a fact ...

All in all, Patterson has published more than 250 books and sold approximately 475 million copies since his 1976 debut, The ...