Top Shelf Index

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.

James S. A. Corey is the pen name for a collaboration between Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.  James is Daniel's middle name, Corey is Ty's middle name, and S.A. are Daniel's daughter's initials.  Their current project is a series of science fiction novels called The Expanse Series. They are also the authors of Honor Among Thieves: Star Wars
 

Janet Dailey has become one of the top-selling female authors in the world, with more than 325 million copies of her books sold in nineteen languages in ninety-eight countries. Dubbed "America's First Lady of Romance" 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. 

Janet Evanovich sold her first romance novel, Hero at Large, in 1987 under the pseudonym Steffie Hall. She went on to write 12 romances in five years using her real name before beginning to write mysteries. Her first mystery novel, One for the Money, became the first book in the Stephanie Plum series. 

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books for young people, including When I Was the Greatest, for which he won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. His debut middle grade book, As Brave As You, was awarded the 2016 Kirkus Prize for young readers. 

Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers. She has written contemporary romantic suspense novels under that name and futuristic and historical romance novels under the pseudonyms Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick, respectively.

Jeff Kinney is the author and illustrator of the children's series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  Before becoming an author, he worked as a computer programmer, online game developer, and designer.

Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. He's received multiple awards, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards.

Jodi Picoult is a best-selling American writer. She received the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. She also wrote five issues of the Wonder Woman comic book series for DC Comics. Currently, approximately 14 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages.

John Grisham is an American bestselling writer, attorney, politician, and activist best known for his popular legal thrillers. He left the law and politics to become a full-time author.  His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide, as well as adapted for film. 

John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of thirty-three Prey novels; two Letty Davenport novels; four Kidd novels; twelve Virgil Flowers novels; three YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook; and three other books.

Jonathan Kellerman is an American psychologist and Edgar and Anthony Award-winning author of numerous bestselling suspense novels. His books have been translated into two dozen languages. He is also the author of numerous essays, short stories, and scientific articles, two children's books, and three volumes on psychology.

Jude Deveraux is the author of 25 New York Times bestsellers, including High Tide, The Blessing, An Angel for Emily, Legend, and The Duchess. She began writing in 1976, and to date there are more than 30 million copies of her books in print. 

Karen M. McManus is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers. Her books include the One of Us Is Lying series, which has been turned into a television show on Peacock. Her critically acclaimed, award-winning work has been translated into more than forty languages.

Kathy Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. Her first novel won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. She was a producer on the Fox television series Bones, which is loosely based on her own forensic career and writing. In 2015, she won the Silver Bullet Literary Award.