I want to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks...
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAMES PATTERSON
Clockwise from the top left: Patterson with his son, Jack; on the set of the TV series Zoo; the Pattersons at a University of Wisconsin football game; again with his son, Jack.
GIVING BACK
Patterson and his wife Sue have become philanthropists, giving half of their money to charity. Together, they’ ve helped fund more than 18,000 classroom libraries across the country.
The Pattersons have recently announced a new program to get books to children who can’ t afford to buy them.“ We try to make [ our giving ] about getting kids reading or getting teachers through school without too much debt,” he explains.
They have also given more than $ 50 million to their alma maters and established more than 450 scholarships for those studying to be teachers or writers. The Pattersons have also donated more than one million books to military troops.
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