Peter de Jonge (born April 5, 1954) is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction. His first novel "Shadows Still Remain" (2009) was a ''

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'' Best Book of the Year and the three novels he co-authored with

James Patterson James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the '' Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', '' Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', '' Private'' and ...

were #1 ''New York Times'' Best Sellers. He has been a frequent contributor to ''

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'' since 1986, as well as ''New York'' magazine, ''

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, DETAILS,

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'' and ''Manhattan, inc''. His non-fiction has been republished in numerous anthologies including ''

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'' in 1996 and 2004. He lives in New York, where his crime novels are set.

Background and education

Peter de Jonge was born in

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, and except for three years in

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as a child, grew up there. As a teenager, he was a highly ranked tennis player and competed in the National Juniors in

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. His father, Alfred de Jonge, was born in

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, where he escaped the

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in 1937, then returned eight years later with the

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to help defeat the German forces. His mother Jane de Jonge is an artist. After graduating from

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in 1977, de Jonge worked for weekly papers in Ridgefield, Wilton and Redding, Connecticut, and for the

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in Newark and Albany. In the mid-eighties, while employed as a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson in New York, he began writing for ''Manhattan, inc., The New York Times Magazine'' and ''National Geographic.'' When those pieces came to the attention of James Patterson, an executive at JWT who was just establishing himself as a best selling author, he hired de Jonge to be the first of his many co-authors on the golf novel ''Miracle on the 17th Green'' (1996). After two more partnerships with Patterson on ''The Beach House'' (2002) and ''Beach Road'' (2006), de Jonge broke off to create his own critically acclaimed series featuring

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Det. Darlene O'Hara, modeled in part on NYPD Homicide Det. Donna Torres. ''Shadows Still Remain'' was published in 2009 and ''Buried on Avenue B'' in 2012.

Books

* ''Buried on Avenue B'' (2012) * ''Shadows Still Remain'' (2009)

Books co-authored with James Patterson

* ''Miracle on the 17th Green'' (1996) * ''The Beach House'' (2002) * ''Beach Road'' (2006) * ''Miracle at Augusta'' (2015) * '' Miracle at St. Andrews'' (2019) * '' Tiger, Tiger'' (2024)

Articles

*
Born on the Baseline
" 30 October 1988 *

" 5 November 1989 *

" 27 August 1995 *

" 13 March 1988 *

" 22 June 2003 *

" 22 August 1999 *

" 14 March 1999 *

" 10 February 1991

References

* "An Author's Collaborator Goes It Alone," ''The New York Times'': https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/books/05dejo.html * "Writing solo proves rewarding for Peter de Jonge," ''New York Daily News''

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