There is a underground subset of authors who take on the job of writing for someone else, with no credit to show for it. They get paid for the privilege but that’s all. There have been quite a few throughout the years–most ‘celebrities’ have no talent for creating sentences, so turn to the publisher to provide someone to take their life stories and make sense of them on paper. This is especially true, I would think, of the kind of ’15 minutes of fame’ individual. The Snookies, (I’ve no proof she didn’t write her ‘novel’ but hey, come on!”), the mistresses of various politicians, the occasional slaughtering husband, etc. An ABE.com article threw me some surprises–not that I’d heard of most of the books, but
co-authors Archive
(updated Dec. 2012) James Patterson has written a Lot of books, some good, some ehh and some that are truly remarkable. He’s also written a few with co-authors like Andrew Gross. It can be a little confusing trying to figure out the order to read them (although many of his stories are quite independent). So we’ve put together a James Patterson Book List. It can also be tricky just making sure that you have them all. Some James Patterson books have multiple titles depending on where they where published sop you may even think you have two of his books when it is really the same. I will also share some thoughts down at the bottom on exactly how Patterson goes about publishing so many