bret: awarded to our guest james patterson. thanks for being here. i m happy to be behind the bible. bret: how was that? for starters one of the award winners was the military band. the music was terrific. the president was president was gracious. we had my son there and wife it was wonderful. great event. bret: i want to put up on screen just how many books have you actually written. it s 277 books. 400 million copies sold. 218 titles on the new york times best seller list. 5 titles ranked number one on that best seller s list. i don t know where that numbers come from. it seems high. we will go with it. every time they give me award like this i know they want me to retire. bret: new book out. alice cross.