Re-read my blog post of May 19, 2013, James Patterson Said This?. Then you’ll understand why Patterson was awarded the Indie Champion Award at last month’s Book Expo America, the largest publishing trade show in America. And why he will receive the 2014 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Award at this weekend’s Printers Row Lit Fest. Patterson is being recognized, said Tribune Editor Gerould Kern, “for his extraordinary efforts to reach a wide range of young readers, many of whom have not had the opportunity to savor a book.”

I’m gratified that such venerable literary groups as Book Expo America and the Chicago Tribune have confirmed what I told you more than a year ago. Looks like Book●ed beat the big boys!