Author James Patterson has sold more than one million e-books, a worldwide first, claims his publisher. Records reveal that 205 million copies in print have been sold to date.Here's more on the American thriller novelist: He retired from advertising in 1996 and devoted his time to being a writer.u00a0Patterson's series about an American psychologist, Alex Cross, is most popular among his readers and has been the top selling US Detective series in the past ten years.Patterson has written 65 novels over his 33 years as an author.He holds the New York Times record for sales of Hardcover Fiction bestselling titles by a single author (53 total), which is also a Guinness World Record.Patterson has won awards including the Edgar Award, the BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year, the International Thriller of the Year award, and the Children's Choice Book Award for Author of the Year.His next book called The Postcard Killers in collaboration with Swedish mystery writer Liza Marklund is set to be released in August 2010.He founded the James Patterson PageTurner Awards in 2005 to personally give away over $850,000 to reward those who find original and effective ways to spread the excitement of books and reading.