James Patterson By tatyana28 Mar 22, 1947 James Pattersone was born "James Patterson." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. Period: Mar 22, 1947 to Dec 12, 2014 James Patterson Jan 1, 1976 His 1st book was published Dec 15, 1976 "The Tomas berryman Number" won an Edgar Award Oct 17, 1993 Achieved breakout success with "Along Came a Spider" Dec 15, 1995 "Kiss the girls" published Aug 28, 1996 Patterson left his life as an advertising executive inorder to focus on writing Dec 15, 1996 First co-authored work Patterdon worked with Peter De Jonge on the book "Miracle on the 17th Green" Aug 28, 1999 "Pop Goes the Weasel" published Dec 15, 2001 "Violets Are Blue" published Jan 1, 2005 Started writing for young adults Dec 15, 2005 "Mary, Mary" published Jan 18, 2010 New York Times magazine featured James on its cover for " transformed book publishing" May 12, 2010 Author of the year Hachett Book Group. "ABout James." www. jamespatterson.com. Hachette Book Group, 2014. Web,. 11/12/2014 <www. JamesPatterson.com/about_biography.Php#.VIm_S9LF-So> Jun 15, 2011 Nominee for teen choice book of the year Dec 15, 2012 Author of the year for "Middle School:The Worst Years Of My Life" Dec 15, 2013 "Cross My Heart" published