James Patterson by James Patterson

I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible does of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hoursand he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life.Bob WoodwardHow did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? On the morning he was born, he nearly died. His dad grew up in the Pogey the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell. While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line Im a Toys R Us Kid. He once watched James Baldwin and Norman Mailer square off to trade punches at a party. Hes only been in love twice. Both times are amazing. Dolly Parton once sang Happy Birthday to James over...