Featured author for January is James Patterson

The Library is celebrating DEAR-Drop Everything And Read in January by featuring author James Patterson.
James Patterson has created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today with his Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women’s Murder Club, Private, NYPD Red, Daniel X, Maximum Ride, and Middle School series. As of January 2016, he has sold over 350 million books worldwide and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. In addition to writing the thriller novels for which he is best known, he also writes children’s, middle-grade, and young-adult fiction and is also the first author to have #1 new titles simultaneously on the New York Times adult and children’s bestsellers lists. (credit:bio from author’s website)
Featured Patterson books include 1st to Die (Women’s Murder Club), Step On A Crack (Michael Bennett), Zoo (stand alone), Private, NYPD Red 4, Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Young Adult) and First Love (Young Adult) along with many many others. The Library’s collection contains over 130 James Patterson novels.