{"id":16445,"date":"2014-03-20T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=16445"},"modified":"2017-08-01T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T23:55:09","slug":"james-patterson-prolific-mystery-author-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/james-patterson-prolific-mystery-author-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"James Patterson: Prolific Mystery Author Answers How He Does It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago I received a really interesting note from MJ, concerning James Patterson. While we know that Patterson doesn’t write Cozy Mystery books, he does write mysteries. And boy, does he write!<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if you ever watch Charlie Rose (PBS), but last night he interviewed James Patterson during the second half of the program.\u00a0\u00a0 I was VERY surprised (even shocked) when Patterson acknowledged how he writes so many books. \u00a0In fact, as C. Rose points out, he\u2019s written (??) numerous books since last fall.\u00a0 He writes an outline, then invites other writers to fill in the story. No book gets released unless he likes the end product. He\u2019s sold 295 million books!<\/span>
\nIf interested, here is the link.\u00a0 Scan through to 39.52 (which is the start of the Patterson interview).<\/p>\n

(Unfortunately, that link is no longer available.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, thank you, MJ<\/strong>, for solving a mystery of my own! I don’t remember the exact year in which I was asked to include James Patterson<\/strong><\/a> on the Cozy Mystery site, but since I started his page, I have found myself updating his book lists quite frequently. Actually, sometimes I have found myself adding a new James Patterson mystery to a month’s New Release page, and stopping to make sure I’m correct, since I thought I had just added a new James Patterson release the previous month.<\/p>\n

MJ, thank you for sending me this very interesting interview. I truly had wondered how James Patterson was able to write so many best selling mysteries. This answers that question.<\/p>\n

\n

P.S. I think it’s terrific that James Patterson gives credit to the other authors, rather than use “ghost writers” who never get any of the glory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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