James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross series and other crime thrillers, is branching out. He announced at BookExpo America recently that he will be establishing a new imprint called "Jimmy Patterson" for teens and young adults that will publish twelve books per year. At least six of them will be written by him while the remaining six will be acquired from other authors.
Patterson has already created eight series of books aimed at children and young adults. (For his middle school series, please see
http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_m....)