James Patterson
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James Patterson was a sponsor of the World Book Day Award. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart) His work, and that of Clive Cussler, were the kind of books Bill Hunter's message board friends might read—as opposed to "artsy-fartsy European crap", the sort of thing Bill himself would read. (PROSE: Head of State)
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Cussler was an American writer of thriller novels.