Abhinav Athreya

Abhinav Athreya asked James Patterson:

What was your inspiration/motivation to venture into young adult literature?

James Patterson There are a lot of reasons. One being that a part of me never really grew up - there’s a reason Peter Pan is still one of my all-time favorite stories. And when my son, Jack, was younger, for a while he didn’t read for fun. Neither did a lot of the kids at his school. I wanted to write books that kids wouldn’t be able to put down, where they’d get to the end and say, “That was great. Give me another.”

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A Goodreads user asked James Patterson:

Every one of your books make your fans/readers want to turn the pages, to know what happens next. As a reader of your books, I love how you make the perspective of a character seem very likeable, and very interesting. How do you make your stories become so intriguing and addicting?

Beth

Beth asked James Patterson:

Are you a baseball fan? I've noticed in many of your books that you make comments about the major baseball team that is in the area of the book

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MOVED - CHECK BIO asked James Patterson:

You have a cat? Wait, no, that's not my question. XD Where did you get the idea for Daniel X?

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