and the publishing industry needs to innovate more. you started with suspense thrillers and moving into children s books. why? the interesting thing for me about children s book. i started an imprint a little one called jimmy. the smart one is when a kid finishes a jimmy book, they will say please give me another book. because a lot of kids when they finish a book, they say i don t like books. how do you catch kids. you hook them. get a story they are interested in. where do you start? with the plot? this is weird. i can write a story about pretty much anything. about baby shoes. yeah, i could give something about baby shoes. give me shoes. not off the top of my head. give me an hour right off the bat, it sounds like a horror story. that s probably where i d go with it. it s going to be a horror story or a teary love story. one of the two. see i m already starting it. did it get easier the more books you wrote or was this just your personality? i
getting more people reading. 30 million americans can t read. that s about 14% of the adult population. across the u.s., the literacy rate has remained about the same for the past ten years. patterson says the country must make reading a national priority, especially for children. but he s encouraging kids to read not just the young adult series he writes like middle school, house of robots or treasure hunters. the illustrations are humor use. he has been a one man foundation working to fight illiteracy and funding the evidence himself. he is pledging $2 million to get new books to school libraries. last year he gave grants to 178 million bookstores. has given more than $5 million ton scholarships to students and reading teachers. beyond that, he has donate more than a million books directly to soldiers and school children. the national book foundation quote expanding the audience for books and reading. when becky quick spoke to him recently he explained when he started h
your future. james patterson is among the most prolific authors of all time. he has written 147 books that have sold more than 305 million copies. but beyond all the suspense thrillers and novels he has penned he has also been on a crusade. and that s our cover story this week. one of the country s most popular writers is on a mission. james patterson is dedicated to getting more people reading. 30 million americans can t read. that s about 14% of the adult population. across the u.s., the literacy rate has remained about the same for the past ten years. patterson says the country must make reading a national priority, especially for children. but he s encouraging kids to read not just the young adult series he writes like middle school, house of robots or treasure hunters. the illustrations are humor use. he has been a one man foundation working to fight illiteracy and funding the evidence himself. he is pledging $2 million to get new books to school libraries. last ye
money, your money, your life, your future. james patterson is among the most prolific authors of all time. he has written 147 books that have sold more than 305 million copies. but beyond all the suspense thrillers and novels he has penned he has also been on a crusade. and that s our cover story this week. one of the country s most popular writers is on a mission. james patterson is dedicated to getting more people reading. 30 million americans can t read. that s about 14% of the adult population. across the u.s., the literacy rate has remained about the same for the past ten years. patterson says the country must make reading a national priority, especially for children. but he s encouraging kids to read not just the young adult series he writes like middle school, house of robots or treasure hunters. he has been a one man foundation working to fight illiteracy and funding the evidence himself. he is pledging $2 million to get new books to school libraries. last year he
james patterson is among the most prolific authors of all time. he has written 147 books that have sold more than 305 million copies. but beyond all the suspense thrillers and novels he has penned he has also been on a crusade. and that s our cover story this week. one of the country s most popular writers is on a mission. james patterson is dedicated to getting more people reading. 30 million americans can t read. that s about 14% of the adult population. across the u.s., the literacy rate has remained about the same for the past ten years. patterson says the country must make reading a national priority, especially for children. but he s encouraging kids to read not just the young adult series he writes like middle school, house of robots or treasure hunters. the illustrations are humor use. he has been a one man foundation working to fight illiteracy and funding the evidence himself. he is pledging $2 mil mon to get new books to school libraries. last year he gave gran