Age, Biography and Wiki 💰 Net worth: $800 million (2024) Some James Patterson images The only writer who makes more and has a bigger net worth is J.K. Rowling (and deservedly so!). Patterson is the wealthiest American author. And this is pretty incredible for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that unlike other writers, Patterson's earnings and net worth come from the sheer volume of books he sells – not from movie and TV deals – though he has plenty of those, too!

Explore More A beloved Brooklyn pizza joint made famous for its cameo in “Saturday Night Fever” will be serving up its final pies Sunday. Lenny’s Pizza, a Bensonhurst institution celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, will be closing for good because longtime owner Frank Giordano, 77, is retiring, his daughter Josephine Giordano announced. “We thankfully have done very well and felt it was best to close once my dad was ready,” she wrote on Facebook.

By Pritti MistryBBC News BBCResearchers have been studying the history of taking the knee and their findings are on show in an exhibition in HullTaking the knee has become a widespread global gesture against racism but academics now say its origins date back to the Mesopotamian era. Researchers have been studying the history of the gesture following protests for racial equality since the death of George Floyd in 2020. The University of Hull's Dr Nick Evans said taking the knee thousands of years ago was "

Domonique Panton has one abiding goal: “When I said I was going to visit every single coffee shop in Washington, D.C., I meant it.” Panton says this as her eyes flick back and forth between the road in front of her and the camera lens she’s addressing. Because she isn’t going to hit every D.C. coffee shop just for her own edification; she’s recording the process, rating the shops and posting her appraisals on social media.

In this week in military history, we explore the beginning of Operation Desert Storm, The Coalition campaign to remove Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Later to become known as The Gulf War or The First Gulf War. Iraq had a long-standing dispute with Kuwait over the allegations of the draining crude oil from their shared border. On the 2nd of August, 1991, Saddam Hussein ordered troops across that border to invade and occupy Kuwait.