5/23/2023 0 Comments Me stories of my life![]() ![]() That’s where he found Tabasco’s grave next to his grandfather’s. ![]() He shares little details like his first kisses’ name, Veronica Tabasco, and the sweet Catholic politeness of saying “you kiss nice,” and then transports readers to another memory years later in Newburgh, New York. In his memoir, Patterson saunters in and out of potent memories with an unconventional ease.Ī chapter in his memoir beginning with his first kiss at a Catholic school makeout party, for example, gets interrupted by another memory. Rather, what matters to Patterson is the jubilation of reading and writing. “If you read the autobiography, you'll find out that I care about none of that,” he says. And his latest book is something different from his typical mysteries and thrillers: a memoir entitled “ James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life.” The cover of "James Patterson by James Patterson." (Courtesy) He holds the record for most #1 New York Times bestsellers by a single author. Now, Patterson is a usual suspect on bestseller lists with hundreds of millions of copies sold. “ set me on a righteous path,” Patterson says, “but I sort of messed up and I'm writing thrillers and mysteries.” James Patterson unapologetically self-identifies as a “literary snoot.” Think Günter Grass or “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” So when Patterson wrote his first mystery, he apologized to his writing professor Walter Sullivan. ![]()
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