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I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.

James Patterson

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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James Brendan Patterson
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Fang, fang. I love you. I looooove you. I love you thiiiiiiiiiis much!
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