NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 After years of giving millions of dollars to literacy programs, bookstore employees and librarians, James Patterson\u2026<\/p>\n
NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 After years of giving millions of dollars to literacy programs, bookstore employees and librarians, James Patterson<\/a> has now launched an initiative on behalf of emerging authors. <\/p>\n The bestselling novelist and true crime writer announced Wednesday the first 12 recipients of grants from his \u201cGo Finish Your Book\u201d campaign. Authors each will receive up to $50,000 to help them complete their manuscript. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are so many incredible stories out there that never get written because life gets in the way. I wanted to give these writers a little time, a little space, and a push to say: your voice matters \u2014 now go finish your book,\u201d Patterson said in a statement. <\/p>\n Patterson\u2019s new program was organized in partnership with PEN America<\/a>, the Authors Guild<\/a> and the Iowa Writers\u2019 Workshop<\/a>, among other organizations. The inaugural recipients, drawn from hundreds of submissions. are working on books in genres ranging from memoirs to graphic novels. One author, Jungin Angie Lee, hopes to finish a short story collection.<\/p>\n \u201cI aim to write a thoughtful, meaningful, powerful book that sheds light on friendship, family, and disability \u2014 particularly the intricacies of giving and receiving care \u2014 and the \u2018Go Finish Your Book\u2019 grant comes to me as an extremely generous, much-needed burst of motivation and boost of confidence,\u201d Lee said in a statement.<\/p>\n Copyright
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