Richard North Patterson
Richard North Patterson (born Feb 22, 1947) is an American fiction writer, attorney and political commentator. Patterson is the author of The Spire, Degree of Guilt, Eclipse, The Race, Exile, and more than a dozen other bestselling and critically acc
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Richard North Patterson (born Feb 22, 1947) is an American fiction writer, attorney and political commentator. Patterson is the author of The Spire, Degree of Guilt, Eclipse, The Race, Exile, and more than a dozen other bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups.
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