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James Patterson was born on the 22nd of March 1947. He is an American author and he is widely known for his books about the psychologist Alex across on the Alex Cross series. Additionally, Patterson is also known for the Maximum ride, the Witch and the Wizard series and the Daniel series as well as other stand-alone non-fiction, romance novels and thrillers. At the moment his books have sold over 300 million copies and he currently holds the record for selling more than 1 million e-books at the Guinness book of records. Before becoming a writer, Patterson used to be a Ph.D. candidate at the Vanderbilt but later on acquired an advertising Job. He worked as an advertising executive at the J. Walter Thompson firm. When he retired from the firm in 1996, he decided to devote his life to writing.