Peter PATTERSON James; De Jong

Peter de Jonge is an American author known for co-authoring several bestselling novels with James Patterson, including Miracle on the 17th Green (1996), The Beach House (2002), Beach Road (2006), and later golf-themed books. He has also written his own critically acclaimed mystery novels such as Shadows Still Remain (2009) and Buried on Avenue B (2012), and contributed to publications like The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, and New York magazine since the 1980s. After graduating from Princeton University in 1977, he worked as a reporter and copywriter before partnering with Patterson.[1][2][3]