Author James Patterson has teamed up with musicians, a past president and now, the world's biggest YouTuber. Harper Collins announced in a Monday news release that Patterson will co-write a novel ...

James Patterson and Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson are joining forces for a new thriller. HarperCollins announced Monday that the bestselling author will team with the YouTube creator to co-write a ...

MrBeast teamed up with Alex Cross author James Patterson to co-write a thriller novel with Squid Game -like elements, according to a report from Deadline. The upcoming book, which doesn’t have a ...

MrBeast’s Latest Challenge: Writing a Novel With James Patterson Jimmy Donaldson, known to his social media fans as MrBeast, is teaming up with the mega-best-selling thriller author.

Though Beast says he’s “pumped to be teaming up with James, one of the best-selling authors of all time,” the story sounds a lot like the stunts MrBeast pulls on YouTube and Prime Video’s ...

However, when MrBeast, YouTube’s king of cash giveaways, announces a book deal with James Patterson, it isn’t literature. It’s branding. It’s stunt publishing.

Per Deadline, the book is a high-octane thriller centered on a global, life-or-death competition with a billion-dollar prize dangling at the end. In other words: a MrBeast video, but with chapters.

James Patterson and MrBeast Team Up for Thriller Novel About 'Deadly Tests Held in Dangerous Locations Around the World' Ingrid Vasquez March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM ...

James Patterson and MrBeast wrote a novel together, and now the publishing industry wants to give them more money than you or us will ever personally be able to count in exchange for it.

Deadline understands that Patterson, who is among the book world’s highest grossing authors, and YouTube’s biggest star, MrBeast, have jointly penned the novel, which has shades of Squid Game.

EXCLUSIVE: An eight-figure bidding war has broken out on the rights to a new thriller novel from the unlikely pairing of James Patterson and MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson. Deadline understands that ...