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Cross is an African-American detective and psychologist living and working in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. He works in the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD), but eventually becomes a Senior Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After his stint with the FBI, Alex returns to privatepsychology practice, but continues to consult for the MPD and the FBI as needed, ultimately rejoining the MPD as a special consultant to the Major Case Squad.

Patterson portrays Dr. Cross as a lonely individual, yet he is a model father and is quite empathetic in dealing with the public. Despite the fact that he is well-educated and makes a decent living, he chooses to continue residing in the Southeast quadrant of D.C. He is very involved in the community, most notably volunteering at St. Anthony’s Parish in his neighborhood.

List of Alex Cross novels:

Along Came a Spider (1993, ISBN 0-446-36419-3) Kiss the Girls (1995, ISBN 0-446-60124-1) Jack & Jill (1996, ISBN 0-446-60480-1) Cat and Mouse (1997, ISBN 0-446-60618-9) Pop Goes the Weasel (1999, ISBN 0-375-40854-1) Roses are Red (2000, ISBN 0-446-60548-4) Violets Are Blue (2001, ISBN 0-446-61121-2) Four Blind Mice (2002, ISBN 0-446-61326-6) The Big Bad Wolf (2003, ISBN 0-446-61022-4) London Bridges (2004, ISBN 0-446-61335-5) Mary, Mary (2005, ISBN 0-316-15976-X) Cross (2006, ISBN 0-316-15979-4 ) Double Cross (2007, ISBN 0-316-01505-9) Cross Country (2008, ISBN 0-316-01872-4) Alex Cross’s Trial (2009, ISBN 0-316-07062-9, with Richard DiLallo) I, Alex Cross (2009, ISBN 0-316-01878-3) Cross Fire ( 2010, ISBN 0-316-03617-X) Cross Kill (Title subject to change) (November 14, 2011)

James B. Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross. Patterson also wrote the Michael Bennett, Women’s Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, and Witch & Wizard series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, nvels over his 33 years as an author. To date, James Patterson has had 19 consecutive #1 New York Times bestselling novels, and holds The New York Times record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single author, a total of 63, which is also a Guinness World Record.^[3]The world’s best-selling author, his novels account for one in 17 of all hardcover novels sold in the United States; in recent years his novels have sold more copies than those of Stephen King, John Grisham and Dan Brown combined.

Misery (1987) is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1988, and was later made into a Hollywood film and an Off Broadway play.

The Long Walk is a novel by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback & hardback. Set in a near future, the plot revolves around the contestants of a gruelling walking contest, held annually by a somewhat despotic and totalitarian version of the United States of America. In 2000 the American Library Association listed the Long Walk, as one of the 100 best books for teenage readers published between 1966 and 2000.

Thinner is a 1984 novel by Stephen King, published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. It would be the last novel which King released under the Richard Bachman pseudonym until the release of The Regulators in 1996 (the initial hardcover release of Thinner included a fake jacket photo of “Bachman”). The novel was adapted for the screenplay of a 1996 film of the same title.

IT is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows the exploits of seven children as they are terrorized by the eponymous inter-dimensional predatory life-form that exploits the fears and phobias of its victims in order to disguise itself whilst hunting its prey. “It” primarily appears in the form of “Bob Gray” a.k.a. “Pennywise the Dancing Clown,” described by characters who see It as resembling a combination of Bozo, Clarabell and Ronald McDonald, in order to attract its preferred prey of young children, though it occasionally feeds on adults. The novel is told through narratives alternating between two time periods, which is largely told in a third-person omniscient view. It deals with themes which would eventually become King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma, and the ugliness lurking beneath a façade of traditional small-town values. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year.^[1] Publishers Weekly listed It as the best-selling book in America in 1986.

The book is dedicated to King’s family: “This book is gratefully dedicated to my children. My mother and my wife taught me how to be a man. My children taught me how to be free.”

 psychological thriller novel by Stephen King. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like a transcription of a spoken monologue. It was the best selling novel of 1992 in the United States.

The book is dedicated to King’s mother: “For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King.”

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasyfiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies which have been made into many movies and television films. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections ofshort stories. Most of his stories are set in his homestate of Maine, although some are also set in Colorado and Florida. He has collaborated with author Peter Straub and they both wrote The Talisman and Black House.

King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station won aNebula Award for best novelette nominee and, in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

King and his wife, Tabitha, have three children, Naomi, Joe and Owen. Tabitha, Joe and Owen are also published writers.