Page Turners Index

James McBride is an American writer and musician. He is the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.

James Patterson is an American author and philanthropist. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard, and Private series. His books have sold more than 300 million copies.

Janet Dailey was an American author of numerous romance novels. Her novels have been translated into 19 languages and have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. She has written about 90 novels.

Janet Evanovich is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a former lingerie buyer turned bounty hunter.

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books for young people, including Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, All American Boys, Long Way Down, and Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.

A New York Times bestselling author, Jayne Ann Krentz uses three different pen names: Jayne Ann Krentz (contemporary romantic), Amanda Quick (historical romantic-suspense), and Jayne Castle (futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense).

Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney is an American cartoonist, producer and author of children's books, including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series, which is a fixture on bestseller lists.

Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery/crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist before embarking on his career as a novelist.

Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American writer. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Currently approximately 14 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages.

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Fireman, NOS4A2, Heart-Shaped Box, and Horns. His book of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, won the Bram Stoker Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Collection.
 

John Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars among others. He was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American bestselling writer, attorney, politician, and activist best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide as well as adapted for film.

John Sandford is the pseudonym of John Roswell Camp, an American author and journalist. Camp won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1986. Camp is the author of 40 published novels. He's been on bestseller lists multiple times.

Jonathan Kellerman is an American psychologist, and Edgar and Anthony Award-winning author of numerous bestselling suspense novels. His writings on psychology include Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children. He is married to novelist Faye Kellerman.

Jude Deveraux is the author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Sweet Liar, the Nantucket series, and A Knight in Shining Armor. She was honored with a Romantic Times Pioneer Award in 2013 for her career. She has published more than 70 novels.