Games, Books & Films (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
James Herbert has been writing horror fiction for many years now, with such classics as “the Rats” and “Haunted” to name just a couple, these books have pushed him to the forefront of British horror and rightly so. Up until recently I didn’t know much about Herbert as I was stuck in a bit of a... Read More
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
... outscore Tasman seven tries to one.pepeCasey Laulala, Kieran Read, Colin Slade, Scott Hamilton, James Patterson scored a try each and Paul Williams bagged a double.- Newstalk ZB
"Thoughts of Joy..." (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Author: James Patterson & Hal Friedman Genre: Non-Fiction Published: 2008 Personal Rating: 4.5/5 Yearly Count: 131 From the inside cover: One morning when he was almost five years old, Cory Friedman woke up with the uncontrollable urge to shake his head. From that day forward his life became an agony of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances. Cory embarked on a thirteen-year odyssey...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
"JK Rowling is the world's highest-earning author, making more than £5 every second over the past year... Her income was six times more than literature's next-biggest earner, James Patterson."...
Malditang Pinay (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... on the loose. I watched shows like “ The Profiler ” and read the Alex Cross books by James Patterson . When I watch movies I prefer the psycho thrillers over the romantic ones. I like films with more characterization than special effects. I’d rather explore the nooks and crannies of the human soul, than see blood and gore. 2. I am a book lover. I have my own little library at home....
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
ROWLING IS WORLD’S RICHEST AUTHORHARRY POTTER author J.K. ROWLING has earned more than £5 every second for the past year (07/08).The boy wizard creator raked in a total of £162 million in the last 12 months - six times more than her closest competitor, Along Came A Spider writer James Patterson, according to Forbes magazine. Rowling rose to fame after the release of 1997’s Harry...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
HARRY POTTER author J.K. ROWLING has earned more than $9.25 (GBP5) every second for the past year (07/08).The boy wizard creator raked in a total of $300 million (GBP162 million) in the last 12 months - six times more than her closest competitor, Along Came A Spider writer James Patterson, according to Forbes magazine.Rowling rose to fame after the release of 1997's Harry Potter and the...
nwebb.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
... Koen Weggheliere, Lee Brimelow, Tink, Grant Skinner, Branden Hall, Marco Cassario, Peter Elst and James Patterson. I had to change my original session slot and was gutted to find out that my new slot clashed with both Andre Michelle and Doug McCune! - Ah these things happen … I’ll get to see you guys talk one day! It was the last time for my “Cairngorm for Beginners” talk too. I found...
The Flash Blog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... Twitter into AIR. Peter Elst also did a beyond the basics session but unfortunately I missed it. James Patterson The conference met back at 8:00 pm in the Dome each night for the Inspire Session. The first night we were treated to James Patterson who was great. He has such a unique animation style and is a very entertaining presenter. He showed the basic techniques he...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
The creator of Harry Potter has seen her bank balance swell by more than £5 every second in the last year, according to a new report.JK Rowling has been confirmed as the world's highest-earning author by Forbes magazine, which adjudges the mother-of-three to have made $300 million (£170 million) in the last 12 months.Though James Patterson, author of Along Came A Spider earned a huge...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... 2008. She is also one of only three women on the list that includes award-winning mystery writer James Patterson with $50 million, books-that-make-good-movies author Stephen King with $45 million, Tom Clancy with $35 million and Danielle Steele with $30 million. Courtroom thriller writer John Grisham and paranormal thriller writer Dean Koontz each made $25 million. Ken Follet made...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
London - Harry Potter-author JK Rowling is the world's highest-earning author, making more than 5 pounds (8.80 dollars) every second over the past year, it was reported Friday. US business magazine Forbes said Rowling made a total of 170 million pounds last year, six times more than literature's next-biggest earner, James Patterson who wrote Along Came A Spider fame, followed by Stephen...
Monsters and Critics (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
US business magazine Forbes said Rowling made a total of 170 million pounds last year, six times more than literature's next-biggest earner, James Patterson who wrote Along Came A Spider fame, followed by Stephen King in third position with 25 million pounds.
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... the U.K.Forbes magazine top 10 Biggest Earning Authors:1 JK Rowling L160 million [$283 million]2 James Patterson L26.7 million [$47 million]3 Stephen King L24 million [$42 million]4 Tom Clancy L18.7 million [$33 million]5 Danielle Steel L16 million [$28 million]6= John Grisham L13 million [$23 million]6= Dean Koontz L13 million [$23 million]8 Ken Follett L10.6 million [$18.7 million]9...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Rowling, who wrote the first of her best-selling books about boy wizard Harry Potter while an impoverished single mother, earned 300 million US dollars (£170m) over the past year.The 43-year-old billionaire author's income was six times that of second-placed James Patterson, who wrote Along Came a Spider.Last month, Rowling donated £1 million to the Labour Party ahead of its annual conference,...
